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The Internet Party was a "movement for the freedom of the internet and technology, for privacy and political reform", the tycoon said.
New Zealand goes to the polls in September.
Mr Dotcom is fighting extradition to the US over charges of copyright infringement on a "massive scale".
To enter parliament, the Internet Party must win an electoral seat or secure 5% of the vote. One suggestion was that he could align with an existing party, but his most likely ally earlier this week cast doubt on that plan.
On its website, the party said that it would "give you faster, cheaper internet, create high-tech jobs, protect your privacy and safeguard our independence".
It also promised to introduce "a New Zealand-sponsored digital currency that is safe, secure and encrypted".
Mr Dotcom was arrested at his mansion near Auckland, New Zealand, in January 2012. As well as MegaUpload being shut down, Mr Dotcom's assets were frozen.
But later scrutiny of the raid led to New Zealand Prime Minister John Key apologising to Mr Dotcom for what were described as "basic errors" by intelligence services in collecting information on behalf of the US.
US authorities accuse him of earning more than $175m (£106m) by facilitating the distribution of pirated copies of movies, TV shows and other content. Kim Dotcom denies any wrongdoing.
In January 2013, a year after the closure of MegaUpload, he set up Mega, which also allows users to host and share large files on the internet.
Earlier this week, he announced plans to list his new file-sharing firm on the New Zealand stock market.
He also caused controversy this week by admitting he owned a signed copy of Adolf Hitler's book Mein Kampf.
But the internet entrepreneur said he was "totally against" the Nazis and pointed out he also owned objects that had belonged to Churchill and Stalin. | Kim Dotcom, whose site MegaUpload was shut down by US authorities in 2012, has formally launched a political party in New Zealand. |
The Cheetahs and Southern Kings will join a league that will now be split into two conferences of seven teams.
"But that might not be the end of the story," McKay told BBC Scotland.
"We may expand further if that is right for the tournament and it is right for the competition - and for the clubs."
Since 2010, the Pro12 has included four Welsh club, four from Ireland and two each from Italy and Scotland.
"Expanding is in our DNA," said McKay. "We expanded into Italy about seven years ago and expansion was something we are very keen on.
"An opportunity came up in South Africa to bring in two quality South African teams into our competition and we were keen to grasp that.
"To look at South Africa was something we just couldn't turn down."
Southern Kings finished 11th and Cheetahs 13th in this season's Super Rugby table, which also involves clubs from Australia and New Zealand.
Although they lost their places for next season as the competition is being cut from 18 teams to 15, McKay thinks their addition to the northern hemisphere competition will be good for the league, clubs, players and supporters.
"These are South African teams that have got outstanding players in their ranks, but importantly it gives our players in Scotland exposure in a new market," he said.
"It gives them a chance to play in the southern hemisphere. At the moment, the only chance they get to play in the southern hemisphere is either a World Cup or a summer tour.
"So this exposes them to a whole new environment, which I think is very exciting for the coaches and for the players.
"With more teams coming in, the challenge increases, but that's something our coaches, players and us as administrators are up for."
Although Glasgow and Edinburgh will be in separate conferences, cross-conference matches mean there will be one extra Scottish derby.
"The exciting thing is that we have Glasgow and Edinburgh playing each other three times this year," said McKay.
"We have listened to our supporters who love the derby games, so we'll expand the number of derbies this year, but it also gives them the opportunity to watch outstanding rugby from the southern hemisphere as well."
McKay also hopes an expansion, predicted to bring in an extra £6m in revenue annually, will help Scottish Rugby find external investment for their two professional clubs.
"We said last year we wanted to take into the market place the possibility of investment into Glasgow Warriors and Edinburgh Rugby and we've had a number of conversations - and a number of those conversations are ongoing just now," he added.
"We are in a good place. There is no doubt that enhancing our league and developing the competition in which Glasgow and Edinburgh play in can only assist us with that particular process.
"Expanding into new territories and growing the league and growing the opportunities for Glasgow Warriors and Edinburgh Rugby, both commercially off the field and on the filed, can only be good for those discussions." | Adding two South African teams to become the Pro14 might not mark the end of the competition's expansion into other territories, says Scottish Rugby chief operating officer Dominic McKay. |
Ganesh Joshi, a legislator from the northern state of Uttarakhand, was arrested after he allegedly beat the horse, named Shaktiman, with a stick, during a protest rally in the city of Dehradun.
However Mr Joshi, who was released on bail, has denied assaulting the animal.
Rakesh Nautiyal, the veterinary officer looking after Shaktiman, told the BBC that the horse was now standing and "improving day-by-day".
"The positive approach of the animal has amazed me. Even after undergoing a major surgery Shaktiman is displaying normal behaviour. He is eating well, which is a good sign," he said.
Next in line for the horse is a special shoe called an "ice boot" being brought in from the US, which will help the animal reduce weight on the amputated limb.
"Through the ice boot we will be able to take precautionary measures to keep the hind leg safe," a senior vet told the BBC.
The horse has become the centre of attention in Dehradun, where he is lodged at police quarters.
He is attended to by a team of vets and the police force is sparing no expense for his treatment, even though Shaktiman will never be able to resume official police duties.
At the forefront of efforts to rehabilitate Shaktiman is US animal lover Jamie Vaughn, who has made it her personal mission to care for the animal.
Fondly referred to as "chachi" (aunt) by the Dehradun police officers, Ms Vaughn, who runs an NGO called Maya Foundation for animal welfare in Bhutan, has used her extensive network of contacts to fund most of Shaktiman's post-operative care.
She has facilitated the construction of a new tin shed for the horse, which has been fitted out with two water-cooled fans, a mosquito net and fluorescent lamp. Shaktiman also gets a massage every day.
His bedding is changed every second day and the bandage is changed twice a week.
"I came to Dehradun to see Shaktiman after I received a call from the doctor who operated on him," she told the BBC.
"A lot of people are concerned about the horse and are providing help. The horse is adjusting to the new prosthetic leg. But the road to recovery is still long and needs patience." | An Indian police horse that had a leg amputated after being allegedly assaulted by a politician, has been fitted with a state-of-the-art prosthetic limb that is allowing the animal to stand again, Raju Gusain reports. |
Dismissing objections by the censor board which had wanted 89 cuts, the court said the film must be certified for release in the next 48 hours.
Judges ordered one scene showing a character urinating to be removed, and a disclaimer to be changed.
The producers of the film described the ruling as a victory for democracy.
They had gone to court, saying the demands by the Central Board of Film Certification (CBFC) set a dangerous precedent.
The film board had said they thought the movie portrayed Punjab in a bad light. The proposed cuts included removing every mention of the word "Punjab" from the film, deleting swear words and also a number of other words such as "parliament", "legislators" and "elections".
The censors had also said that the film questioned the sovereignty of India, but the court rejected the argument.
"We have read the script in its entirety to see if the film encourages drugs. We do not find that the film questions the sovereignty or integrity of India by mentioning the names of cities, or referring to a state or by a signpost," the judge said.
The court observed that the board's job was to certify and not censor.
The film's director, Abhishek Chaubey, told reporters outside the courtroom that he had accepted the order to delete a scene showing the lead character urinating into a crowd while under the influence of drugs.
He said he would also add a disclaimer specifying that the film was not against any specific state, and did not support drug abuse or the use of swear words.
Last week the court told defence lawyers the film industry was "not made of glass" to be handled with care and added that there was no need for excessive censorship as the public was the "biggest censor".
The board has the option of appealing against the verdict in the Supreme Court.
Ahead of the ruling, censor board chief Pahlaj Nihalani had given ground, telling reporters on Sunday the film could be released with 13 cuts.
The film board has recently come in for criticism for its controversial decisions to remove scenes in several films, including some Hollywood movies, before they were allowed to be screened in cinemas. | A controversial film depicting drug abuse in India's Punjab state will be released on Friday with just one cut, the Bombay High Court has ruled. |
Tadashi Ishii said he would tender his resignation at a January board meeting.
Matsuri Takahashi, 24, jumped to her death in December last year and in a note left for her mother, she asked: "Why do things have to be so hard?".
She had started working at Dentsu in April 2015 and was soon doing an additional 100 hours a month.
Dentsu has been under pressure to reduce the amount of overtime its employees do and in November it was raided by labour regulators.
In September, the Japanese government ruled that Ms Takahashi's death had been caused by overwork. She would often return home at 5am after spending all day and night at the office.
On Wednesday, Mr Ishii, who has been chief executive in 2011, said: "This is something that should never have been allowed to happen."
While Dentsu is attempting to curtail overwork - by turning off lights at the headquarters at 10pm - it admitted that more than 100 workers were still doing an extra 80 hours a month.
Death linked to exhaustion in Japan is so common that there is a word, "karoshi", to describe it. According to government figures, about 2,000 people a year kill themselves because of overwork. | The head of Japanese advertising group Dentsu is to step down following the suicide of an employee who had worked hundreds of hours of overtime. |
The Venezuelan opposition reacted angrily when they heard they would only be allowed to collect more petition signatures in late October.
Opposition leader Henrique Capriles said an opposition march would go ahead in September.
A referendum defeat for Mr Maduro this year would trigger a presidential poll.
But a recall vote next year would see Mr Maduro replaced by his vice-president, meaning the Socialist party would remain in power.
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The National Electoral Council (CNE) president, Tibisay Lucena, said the opposition would be authorised in late October to try to collect petition signatures from the 20% of the country's voters, or 4m people, needed to start a recall referendum, on condition that "all the regulatory requirements are fulfilled".
If the opposition was successful in gathering these signatures, the CNE would have a month to verify them.
Ms Lucena said electoral officials would then have 90 days to schedule a referendum.
Constitutional experts say this appears to make it unlikely a referendum would be held in January as demanded by the opposition.
The timing is crucial because according to the constitution, a vote to recall Mr Maduro this year would trigger a presidential election that polls indicate the opposition is likely to win.
But if the president is defeated in a vote next year, the vice-president would replace Mr Maduro and the Socialists would thus remain in power.
Election officials have already been accused of stretching out the first phase of the recall referendum where the opposition had to collect signatures from 1% of voters.
The opposition accuses the government of dragging its feet while not totally rejecting the recall referendum process.
Venezuela is suffering a severe economic crisis which the opposition blames on President Maduro.
He says the economic crisis and efforts to get rid of him are a capitalist conspiracy.
Mr Maduro has launched legal challenges against the referendum drive and has vowed there will be no referendum this year. | Venezuelan officials have set out the timetable for a recall referendum on whether President Nicolas Maduro should remain in power. |
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In Creed, the most recent offering in the Rocky franchise, Tony Bellew was asked to portray a fantastical mash-up of Marvin Hagler, Mike Tyson and Floyd Mayweather, a Frankenstein's fighter who would surely be impossible to beat.
In reality, Bellew feels like Frankenstein's monster only in the sense that he's coming apart, stitch by stitch and limb by limb, as his big day approaches.
"I'm not feeling good, my body's killing me," says Bellew, who fights Ilunga Makabu for the vacant WBC cruiserweight title at Goodison Park on Sunday.
"Boxers always come out with that cliche: 'I'm in the best shape of my life.' And I am in great shape. But I've had a really hard, testing camp, I've been getting punched and I'm in a lot of pain. I'll have to make the best of what I've got. But when I get in that ring, I'll be prepared to do whatever it takes to win."
Makabu, from South Africa via the Democratic Republic of Congo, hasn't lost since his first professional fight eight years ago and has 18 knockouts from 19 wins. But the Goodison factor will surely help Bellew.
After all, Bellew has already defended a world title at the home of Everton Football Club. That was Hollywood, but Bellew's successful transition into film has given his real-life shot at the big time added tang and ensured Goodison will be rocking and rolling when that first bell rings. The Grand Old Lady often gets carried away. Bellew could do with her losing herself completely on Sunday.
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"The other day I woke up at 3am and tried to doze off again but I couldn't. All I could think about was the Z-Cars music kicking in and walking to that ring.
"I spent a lot of good times as a child in those stands and now I'm fighting in front of those stands. There's not a moment I'm not thinking about it, emerging from that tunnel, the music blaring, 20,000 Scousers going nuts. I've got to come to terms with it before Sunday. I'm getting there, I'm getting there…"
Win or lose, it's not a bad scenario for a fat kid from Liverpool who used to stuff pillows for a living, the kind of job Rocky might have done. Up at 6, a bus to the factory, nine hours graft, a bus to Rotunda ABC, pour it all out in the gym, meet his childhood sweetheart Rachael, a kebab and a video at mum's.
Even after Bellew won three ABA titles, a British title in the paid ranks was the height of his ambition. Bellew landed the Commonwealth light-heavyweight title in 2010, before adding the Lonsdale Belt by beating Ovill McKenzie in 2011.
But when Bellew lost a world title shot against Nathan Cleverly, a man he can only bring himself to refer to as "the Welsh fella", it appeared as though he had indeed reached his ceiling. When Bellew was taken apart by WBC champion Adonis Stevenson two years later, some thought he should call it quits.
Instead, Bellew made a virtue of those big bones of his - he often refers to himself, in oxymoronic terms, as "that skinny, fat kid" - and moved up to cruiserweight. He gained revenge over arch-rival Cleverly in a ragged, anti-climactic non-title fight 2014. And instead it was a phone call from the most unlikely of matchmakers that paved the way for a third world title shot.
When a representative of Sylvester Stallone told Bellew he was wanted for the latest Rocky film, Bellew thought it was a wind-up. Having just seen his beloved Toffees get tonked 6-3 by Chelsea, he wasn't really in the mood. Only when director Ryan Coogler got on the blower did Bellew think: "Hang on…"
A few months later Bellew was sitting on a film set in Philadelphia watching Stallone recite poetry, thinking: "How have I found myself here?" As you would.
"I was on the verge of saying: 'Alright, Rock?' Instead I called him 'Mr Stallone.' He said to me: 'Son, don't call me Mr Stallone, call me Sly. We're friends now, I know who you are and I think you're brilliant at what you do. I said: 'I just need to go to the toilet for a second.' I was looking at myself in the mirror thinking: 'Have a word, lad, you are making a holy show of yourself'."
Sly did actually know who Bellew was. Stallone, a friend of Everton director Robert Earl, attended a game in 2007 and subsequently expressed an interest in buying the club. And, as it turned out, Bellew wasn't only brilliant at what he did between the ropes, he was pretty good when the clapperboard came down.
"I don't know why anyone would want to put a camera on me but I've had this amazing story and it keeps going on and on. And I never want it to end," says Bellew, who now lives with girlfriend Rachael and their three children.
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"Kids I speak to tell me I'm their hero. That's nuts, I'm not really hero material. They've seen me in Creed and it's hard to make them believe boxing's not really like that. They don't see me running at 6am, the misery of losing weight, the pain of sparring, the arguments, the stress of being away from the family.
"I tell these kids: 'You're better than me, you have more potential than I do.' The only reason I've got where I have is because I'm horrible and determined. I haven't got great skill, I'm just driven. I always want more, no matter what I do. Drive can take you to some crazy places and make you do some crazy things."
Drive will make you believe that dreams are not enough. Life for Bellew could be about to get even crazier. Great things are even greater when they're real. | The trouble with trying to imitate art is that while an artist can make great things happen with a swish of a brush or a tap of a keyboard, real life hurts. |
Bond published his first book, A Bear Called Paddington, in 1958.
The character, a marmalade-loving bear from "deepest, darkest Peru" who comes to live in London, went on to inspire a series of books, an animated TV series and a film.
More than 35 million Paddington books have been sold worldwide. The most recent, Paddington's Finest Hour, was published in April.
Author David Walliams said he "had the great pleasure of spending time with Michael Bond. On meeting him I realised he was Paddington."
Actor Hugh Bonneville, who played Mr Brown in the film said "In Paddington, Michael created a character whose enthusiasm and optimism has given pleasure to millions across the generations."
As well as Paddington, Michael Bond also created characters including Olga da Polga, A Mouse Called Thursday and a French detective named Monsieur Pamplemousse.
A sequel to the Paddington film will be released later this year. | Michael Bond, the creator of beloved children's character Paddington Bear, has died at the age of 91, after a short illness. |
The Cameroonian, who arrives in Zurich to take control of football's world governing body on Tuesday, has kidney problems that require regular dialysis.
"Since his first election as Caf President, Hayatou has always assumed, without interruption, the powers vested in him," said the Caf statement.
"It has never been a secret that in recent years, kidney-related problems has seen him undergo regular dialysis sessions.
Since his first election as Caf President, Hayatou has always assumed, without interruption, the powers vested in him
"The programming has always been done in harmony, with the agenda and multiple professional obligations honoured smoothly."
As the longest-serving vice-president of football's world governing body, Hayatou, 69, has assumed the acting president role following the 90-day suspension handed out to Sepp Blatter.
The 79-year-old was suspended by Fifa's Ethics Committee on Thursday as it investigates corruption claims against him.
On Friday, it was announced that Blatter has appealed the decision.
President of African football's ruling body since 1988, Hayatou will arrive at Fifa's headquarters early next week following official Caf business in Equatorial Guinea over the weekend.
He is 'in perfect control of his physical potential and rightly strong', says Caf.
The statement went on to list the presence of Hayatou at various official functions to emphasise their point - mentioning ten countries he has visited this year.
The long-standing Caf president has already stood in for Blatter this year, handing over the Women's World Cup trophy in Canada to the winning United States side in July.
It was the first time Blatter had failed to present the trophy since he became Fifa president, with his lawyer explaining his absence on 'personal reasons'.
The move came amidst the heightening crisis that has gripped Fifa since May, when the United States indicted 14 officials on charges of bribery, racketeering and money-laundering, involving tens of millions of dollars since 1991. | The Confederation of African Football insists that acting Fifa president Issa Hayatou is fit to fulfil his duties, despite long-running health problems. |
The point is that a big contributor to the absence of any growth at all in output per worker and output per hour is that employment has grown much faster than national income: unemployment rose proportionately less in the downturn than in previous recessions and new jobs have been created faster than the growth in output.
But if that's the good news, there is also a very troubling corollary.
Lower productivity undermines the competitiveness of British firms in the global economy.
And the absence of productivity growth undermines the ability of British firms to increase our pay.
Here is perhaps the best way of seeing how serious the slump in productivity has been.
On the basis of the figures published on Wednesday, if the productivity trends of 1992 to 2007 had continued from 2008 to the end of last year, output per job would be 15% higher than it is, and output her hour would be 17% higher.
Which means, all other things being equal, each of us would be paid 15% more in total, and 17% more for each standard shift we put in.
In reality, since the start of the recession, and after adjusting for taxes, benefits, interest costs and inflation, we're on average about 2% better off (and see what I wrote yesterday about what's been happening to our living standards since the 2010 general election.
Just think and weep over how much richer we all would have been if our productivity had not been so hopeless.
Which is why it matters that in the last three months of 2014 there was no recovery in productivity. In fact output per hour fell by 0.2% - because the number of hours worked rose 0.8% while gross value added, or the output of the economy, increased by just 0.6%.
And there was a particularly sharp fall of 1.3% in the output per hour of those working in manufacturing, which wiped out a small 0.2% improvement in the productivity of the much larger services sector.
Why has productivity been so limp?
There are plenty of competing explanations, which include:
1. Productivity growth before the crash was exaggerated by the spurious productivity of banks and City firms that were taking crazy economy-imperilling risks;
2. Since the crash, too many lame duck firms have been kept afloat, under pressure from politicians, preventing the necessary re-allocation of capital from low-productivity firms to better ones;
3. As a nation we're lousy at innovation and we don't have enough highly skilled people (compared with Germany, for example);
4. The City is too short-termist and is hopeless at investing in winners;
5. Companies lack the confidence to invest adequately in expensive new kit, and would rather incur the costs of taking on cheap people to boost output, confident they can fire these people if all goes pear-shaped.
Getting to the root of the problem matters. Because unless we can improve productivity, we won't be able to afford the living standards we feel we deserve.
And sorting productivity also massively matters to Labour and Tories. Without a recovery in productivity and an associated boost to earnings, tax revenues would remain under pressure, making it all the harder to get the Government's huge deficit down to a more affordable level. | We should be both grateful and worried that British productivity has been so lousy since the great crash and recession. |
Economy Secretary Ken Skates told AMs that at a time of "significant economic uncertainty" due to Brexit, it could not back the plans for the race track in Ebbw Vale in their current form.
Mr Skates said the risk to the taxpayer in the current form was "unacceptable".
In a statement, developers said they were "confident" a balance of risk sharing could be delivered.
Mr Skates wants to see 50% of the finance and 50% of the underwriting to come from the private sector.
"The cabinet secretary has requested we deliver the guarantee to below 50% of the total project costs and we are confident we can do so over the course of the project," said Circuit of Wales chief executive Martin Whitaker.
Mr Skates said, including guarantees and council loans, the latest proposal involved Welsh Government underwriting about 75% of the total cost of the project, with councils underwriting a further 8%.
"Unfortunately, despite the efforts of the project backers, this leaves only around 17% of the risk being taken by the private sector," he said.
"My door remains firmly open and I have urged them to revise their bid in such a way where the private sector takes more of the risk in order for this project to be taken forward.
"We need to see at least 50% of this project funded and 50% of the risk underwritten by the private sector to justify value for money for Welsh Government and the public purse."
Mr Skates met the company shortly before his announcement to AMs.
Conservative economy spokesman Russell George said the decision was "disappointing" and "regrettable".
Plaid Cymru's finance and economy spokesman Adam Price asked why negotiations were taking place "with the clock ticking" when the proposal had been on the minister's desk for many weeks.
"Isn't it true that his own government's due diligence shows there is an almost negligible scenario where the guarantee will be called in?
"Because it's a strong project, it's a strong business case, in which case all this is academic and he should get on with the job and actually support this proposal in an area of Wales which is crying out for jobs and leadership."
Earlier, the developers said Blaenau Gwent and Monmouthshire councils were "fully on board" with the plan which would have seen them provide loans of £90m.
On Monday, Monmouthshire council leader Peter Fox said there was no guarantee the local authorities would agree to that.
CoW chief executive Martin Whitaker said: "We have a fantastic working relationship with the councils.
"Blaenau Gwent stands to benefit significantly, as does Monmouthshire. They've been very supportive."
If the Welsh Government had agreed to underwrite the project, it would not have been liable for the money until after it was completed.
In return, it would have been paid £3.8m a year for 33 years.
In April, Mr Skates's predecessor Edwina Hart rejected a previous plan which involved the taxpayer underwriting the entire cost.
She said there was a "significant question around the viability of the project" and an "unacceptable risk" to the government.
But she said a guarantee of 80% of the total value of the project "may have reduced our risk to an acceptable level".
On Monday, Mr Whitaker told BBC Radio Wales he was confident the Welsh Government would support the new proposal.
"We're ready to go and we're certain the government will give us that confidence and certainty," he said. | "Further work is needed" before the Welsh Government is happy to underwrite plans for the £371m Circuit of Wales. |
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Paul Edward Burns, of no fixed address, is also accused of disorderly behaviour during an incident at the Royal Victoria Hospital.
Mr Gibson, 28, was shot in his stomach and thigh in an alleyway beside Divis Tower on Friday and later died in hospital.
BBC Newsline's Mervyn Jess reports. | A man has appeared in court charged with making threats to kill Belfast man Edward Gibson, who was murdered in the west of the city at the weekend. |
1. It has to be carried out in darkness
The two astronauts are fixing an electrical box that regulates voltage from one of the station's solar arrays. It needs to be fixed to get the space station running back on full power.
The repair involves manoeuvring a spare box weighing 90kg (200lbs) out along the truss that spans out from the compartments where the astronauts live and work.
For safety reasons, it has to be done during darkness when the solar panels are not generating power from the Sun.
Royce Renfrew, ISS spacewalk flight director, explains: "We do it during the night pass - that way we're absolutely guaranteed that there's no power flowing through there, because there's no Sun to generate any electricity."
This gives the two Tims 31 minutes to complete the repairs. If they don't finish in one go, they must wait for darkness in the second or third orbit of the Earth to finish the re-fit.
The key task of the spacewalk is to fix the box. But there should be time for other tasks, including laying cables for new docking ports and reinstalling a valve that was removed last year.
2. Tim and Tim may need a toothbrush
The astronauts will work together to replace the faulty component. One crucial step is bolting the new box into position. Past experience has shown that the threads of bolt can get blocked with debris - which can be removed with a toothbrush.
3. Like all spacewalks, it will be a risky business
Working in the harsh environment of space is hazardous. Both astronauts have prepared for spacewalks in astronaut training but things can go wrong. If all goes to plan, Tim Peake will lay cables on the outside of the space station after fixing the faulty box. Tripping over a cable is one risk as is being hit by a small meteorite or getting a hole in your spacesuit. Spacesuits provide protection for the astronauts but their bulk can make it hard to carry out delicate tasks.
As Paul Dum, Nasa's lead spacewalk officer, puts it: "Spacewalking is challenging - you have to wear a spacesuit which is sort of your own independent space ship to protect you from the harshness of the environment.
"So there's a trade off between having as much protection as possible but still maintaining mobility.
"So imagine going out with thick winter gloves on and trying to do anything that takes fine dexterity. That's going to be challenging."
Like rock climbers, the astronauts must always be tethered to space station supports to prevent them floating away.
4. Spacewalks are far from routine but not that rare either
There have been 191 spacewalks for maintenance at the space station, including a similar walk completed in 2014 by US astronaut Reid Wiseman.
The Nasa astronaut will help guide the current spacewalk from mission control in Houston.
The spacewalk will be the first for Tim Peake and the third for his Nasa colleague, Tim Kopra.
5. There's little time to enjoy the view
Tim Peake, writing on his blog, said he felt "exhilarated" by the prospect of walking in space, but had no time to dwell on these emotions.
British-born US astronaut Nicholas Patrick, a spacewalk veteran, said he should find time to enjoy the "majesty of the view" during his trip outside.
Dr Patrick told the BBC Radio 4 Today programme: "When you float out, it is a remarkable feeling.
"You are used to floating - by this point Tim has been in space for a month, he will know exactly what floating is like - what he won't be used to is being outside the space station with a fabulous view and, perhaps more importantly, with a very difficult set of time-critical tasks ahead of him.
"My bet is that, like me, when he goes out he won't be looking down initially, he will be looking left and right, finding his way around and getting ready for the tasks ahead.
"But it's a great thing to go out, it's really a wonderful experience."
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Khan, who was handed a five-year jail term in May for running over five homeless men in Mumbai, killing one of them, is one of India's biggest and most popular film stars.
The 49-year-old actor, who has acted in more than 80 Hindi-language films, is known for his romantic roles as well as action films and has won several prestigious Indian cinema awards.
Khan is that rare Bollywood star who has a huge fan following across the vast spectrum of Indian society.
His fans include the middle-class English-speaking audiences as well as poor slum dwellers for whom the 350-rupee ($5.20; £3.40) tickets do not come cheap.
His films are released to coincide with major festivals like Eid or Christmas, and are screened in thousands of theatres, which are generally packed for days.
Every time Khan romances his heroines on screen, his fans respond with approval; loud whistles fill the theatre when he shows his dance moves; and resounding claps encourage him whenever he beats up the "baddies".
But his fame has brought with it a long-held image of a larger-than-life macho superstar who lives dangerously.
While the hit-and-run incident has dragged on for nearly 13 years, Khan's fan base has remained loyal - in fact, it has kept growing steadily and the hits have kept coming.
Several of his latest films - Prem Ratan Dhan Payo, Bajrangi Bhaijaan, Dabangg, Ready, Bodyguard, Ek Tha Tiger and Dabangg2 - have been huge blockbusters.
The eldest of the three sons of well-known screenplay writer Salim Khan, he is a hit on social media too - his Facebook page is liked by 28.2 million fans while on Twitter, he has 15.1 million followers.
But there is another side to Khan.
Stories about his brawls at parties have long filled the Bollywood gossip columns, and his link-ups with some of his leading ladies have also proved controversial.
In one notorious incident, an angry Khan was reported to have emptied a bottle of cola over the head of an ex-girlfriend in a restaurant.
Another relationship, with actress and former Miss World Aishwarya Rai, ended acrimoniously with Ms Rai later making allegations that she was beaten up by Khan - a charge he has denied.
And the 2002 hit-and-run incident in Mumbai was not his first brush with the law.
Khan was arrested in the western state of Rajasthan for illegally hunting and killing a protected blackbuck deer in 1998.
He was convicted and sentenced to five years in prison in 2006, but spent less than a week inside before being released on bail. His appeal is pending in court.
In the past few years, the actor has worked hard to shed his "bad boy" image - with some success.
His devotion to his family, particularly his brothers, is well known and he is reputed to go out of his way to help friends and even strangers.
A few years ago, he started Being Human, a charity to help the underprivileged through education and healthcare. The charity sells T-shirts and other products online and in stores, and the proceeds are used for charitable work.
His relationships with women also seem to have matured. Although he parted ways with actress Katrina Kaif some time ago, they remain good friends and the couple acted together in Ek Tha Tiger.
When the trial court convicted him in May, many said the misdeeds of his past might have finally caught up with him.
With the high court overturning his conviction, the pressure on the actor has eased for the moment.
But with the prosecution likely to appeal in the Supreme Court, Khan's troubles may not yet be over. | The Mumbai high court verdict clearing Bollywood actor Salman Khan in the 2002 hit-and-run incident has come as a huge boost for the actor. |
The Welsh Memorial in Flanders Campaign is planning to build a cromlech, or flagstone monument.
The aim is for it to be ready in time to mark the centenary of the war's outbreak in 2014.
Local people have already donated land for the memorial to be built on.
Peter Jones, the co-ordinator of the campaign in Wales, said the aim was to create a memorial honouring the sacrifices made by the many thousands of people of Welsh descent who took served in the war.
"All other nations in 2014 will be having pilgrimages to their various monuments where there will be services and commemorations and we the Welsh have nowhere to go, so this needs to be rectified," he said.
Mr Jones said that while the appeal had already raised around £11,000 and the stones for the cromlech have been donated, more was needed to secure the memorial.
"We need another £60,000 to pay for the transport of the stones to Flanders to build the monument, for engineers to work on the site and eventually to commission a large metal dragon that will sit abreast of the cromlech."
The campaign has strong support from people in Flanders who have already donated a piece of land for the memorial to be built on.
Erwin Ureel, the chairman of the Flemish branch for the appeal, said it was important to create a Welsh national memorial as a mark of respect to all those involved in the conflict.
"Whole villages gave their sons, their brothers, their fathers to defend our nation (Belgium), so I think it is very important, even if it was 100 years ago."
Plans for a memorial have a particular resonance for Paul Silk, the chair of the Silk Commission on devolution in Wales.
His father Evan Silk fought for the Welsh Regiment during World War I, rising to the rank of captain. During the conflict he was responsible for writing home to the families of fallen men.
Reading some of the many letters his father kept during the war, Mr Silk, from Crickhowell, Powys, described one from a WR James as particularly poignant. The letter reads:
'Dear Sir, I'm sorry to trouble you in this time of stress and strenuous fighting, but could you possibly let me know of anything of Lieutenant E James of your glorious regiment? I've not heard from him for several months.'
Mr Silk said the letter was dated 24 October but his father had written a note on it saying 'killed in action July 27th'.
The memorial would be an important focal point, he said.
"Having a memorial where Welsh people can carry on going to remember will be an important focus for us and for future generations to go on remembering them."
Like many who served and survived the war, Captain Silk was reluctant to talk about his experiences even to his family.
"I have a clear memory of when I was quite small, at the time we had things called war mags where we read about the great exploits of British soldiers in World War II. I was proud of my father having been a soldier and I asked him how many men did he kill," said Mr Silk.
"I can still remember him looking rather sadly away from me and never answering that question."
Looking back, Mr Silk said: "It was clearly such a terrible experience and he took no pride whatsoever in killing others."
It is not known how many men and women of Welsh descent who fought or served in makeshift hospitals, nor the true numbers of those who lost their lives.
"The Welsh Memorial in Flanders Campaign will mark all of them," said Peter Jones. "We have almost eight months now to secure the funding we need to erect the cromlech," he said.
When the first part of the monument is completed work will then begin by locals in Flanders to create a garden of remembrance on the site, before the final piece of the jigsaw, a large metal red dragon, is placed on top of the cromlech.
The appeal is now planning a number of events this year to help raise funds including a concert in June in Morriston near Swansea where the North Wales and Morriston rugby choirs will perform. | Campaigners hoping to erect a memorial in the Flanders region of Belgium to all the Welsh soldiers who fought during World War I say they need to raise another £60,000 by September. |
Because of their abundance of stars, these "globular clusters" were an early favourite in the Seti field.
But recent efforts to scour the sky for planets orbiting alien stars have had little success within star clusters.
Now, two astronomers say there is good reason to keep up the search.
Rosanne Di Stefano from the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, US, and Alak Ray from the Tata Institute of Fundamental Research in India, have described what they call the "globular cluster opportunity".
At an average age of 10 billion years (much wrinklier than the Sun, at four billion), globular clusters don't have many young stars, rich in the metallic elements needed to build planets.
But Dr Di Stefano, speaking in Florida at the 227th meeting of the American Astronomical Society, pointed out that recent discoveries had placed exoplanets - especially small, rocky ones like Earth - around stars much less metal-rich than our Sun.
"When Seti first started in 50s and 60s, we didn't even know if there were exoplanets," she told reporters at the meeting.
"Now we can use the information that we've gleaned from other planet discoveries - and there are over 2,000 planets known today - to ask, is it likely that they'd be in globular clusters."
Dr Di Stefano also pointed to the remarkable example of PSR B1620-26 b, sometimes called "Methuselah". It is the only exoplanet so far detected orbiting a star - or in its case, two stars - within a globular cluster.
"I think most of us would say that the discovery of that one, bizarre planet indicates that there must be other planets in that cluster," she said.
Furthermore, Drs Di Stefano and Ray have identified a "sweet spot" in the dimensions of globular clusters.
Because most of their stars are old, cool red dwarfs, any habitable planets would have to huddle in very close orbits to sustain liquid water.
Staying wet, however, isn't the only challenge for a life-bearing planet in a crowded cluster. A ball of a million stars just 100 light years across is a raging turmoil of gravitational forces that can rip solar systems apart.
But there is a region within these clusters, Dr Di Stefano said, where the stars are not so tightly packed that huddled, small, rocky planets would be stripped from their stars - and yet they are still close enough together that an alien civilisation might manage the leap from one to another.
"In this large region... planetary systems can survive, and yet it's dense enough that it may facilitate interstellar travel."
In fact, she added, these planets - if they do exist - could last even longer than the current age of the Universe, leaving ample time for intelligence and interstellar ambition to flourish.
Other researchers at the conference agreed that these were interesting observations, even if the notion of ancient, star-hopping civilisations was - of course - a provocative speculation.
"It holds together," said Jessie Christiansen from the Nasa Exoplanet Science Institute at Caltech. "It's very speculative, but I like the idea that because globular clusters are old, they've had more time."
"Single-celled, simple life might develop quickly, but complex life - let alone intelligent life - seems to take a really long time," she added, citing Earth's natural history as an admittedly limited example.
"So you might need those tens of billions of years."
Alan Penny, an astronomer at the University of St Andrews in Scotland and co-ordinator of the UK Seti Research Network, told the BBC: "I think it does lift globular clusters up, in the wish list of targets to search."
But they remain very difficult targets, he added.
"They are still a very long way away. The nearest globular cluster is 400,000 light years away, whereas there are plenty of other, low-mass stars closer than that."
Follow Jonathan on Twitter | Ancient, tightly packed clumps of stars found at the fringe of the Milky Way are a good bet in the search for extra terrestrial intelligence (Seti), research suggests. |
Police found the body of a man in water in a wooded area near the Goodwyns housing estate in Dorking at about 04:20 BST.
Searches are under way and officers are still working to identify the man who died, Det Ch Insp Paul Rymarz said.
A 21-year-old man is in custody. Anyone with information is urged to contact Surrey Police. | A man has been arrested on suspicion of murder after a body was found in a stream in woodland in Surrey. |
The Office for National Statistics experts base their projections on current and future survival trends.
And if their calculations are borne out, more than 95,000 of those who turn 65 this year can expect to celebrate their 100th birthday in 2047.
The number of centenarians has been steadily increasing - from 600 in 1961 to nearly 13,000 in 2010.
In 2012, the figure is expected to hit 14,500, and by 2035 will have breached the 100,000 mark.
And more of these will be women than men.
In 2012 there are 826,000 babies aged under one year. Although more are boys - 423,000 compared to 403,000 girls - the survival odds are greater for females. Women have higher life expectancies than men at every age.
Of those born in 2012, 135,000 men and 156,000 women are expected to still be alive by age 100.
The report -What are the Chances of Surviving to Age 100?- comes as ministers have pledged to double funding for dementia research in the UK.
In the next decade, the number with the disease - mostly elderly - is expected to top one million. | A third of babies born in 2012 in the UK are expected to live to 100, according to a new report. |
It is the first cabinet with no women in Brazil since 1979.
Ms Rousseff said it did not represent the country - one of the world's most ethnically diverse nations.
Her government had seven women among its 31 ministers.
Ms Rousseff is facing trial after the Senate on Thursday voted to impeach and suspend her.
She is accused of illegally manipulating finances to hide a growing public deficit ahead of her re-election in 2014, which she denies.
The new government's chief-of-staff said they had been unable to find any women for the cabinet.
Eliseu Padilha said the cabinet had been formed on a tight schedule.
"We tried to seek women but for reasons that we don't need to bring up here, we discussed it and it was not possible," he said.
"We will bring women into the government, in posts that used to be ministries, and that now will have the same functions but under a different name."
The new government will be in stark contrast to the administration of Ms Rousseff who had called herself in Portuguese "presidenta" instead of the gender neutral "presidente", and who had spoken of citizens as being "Brazilian women and men."
During the impeachment process she had frequently explained the criticism of herself and the government as being related to her being a woman.
"Black people and women are fundamental if you truly want to construct an inclusive country," Ms Rousseff said on Friday to journalists at the presidential palace, where she will continue to live during her impeachment trial.
"I think the government is clearly showing that it is going to be neo-liberal in the economy and extremely conservative on the social and cultural side."
In his first speech to the nation after the Senate voted to impeach Ms Rousseff, interim President Michel Temer stressed that "economic vitality" was his key task.
He added: "It is essential to rebuild the credibility of the country at home and abroad to attract new investments and get the economy growing again."
He said Brazil was still a poor nation and that he would protect and expand social programmes.
He named a business-friendly cabinet that includes respected former central bank chief Henrique Meirelles as finance minster.
Males identifying as white made up 22% of Brazil's population in 2013 according to the government's economic research institute, IPEA.
Women made up 51% of the population in the same year.
Ms Rousseff told journalists on Friday her opponents had "turned her life inside out" trying to find grounds to impeach her.
She again denied the allegations against her and said she had committed no crime.
She said she would continue to speak out against impeachment proceedings she has denounced as a "farce" and "sabotage".
She now has 20 days to present her first defence before the Senate and the trial can last up to six months.
Michel Temer became interim president as soon as Ms Rousseff was suspended.
Read more on Michel Temer here
The 180 days allocated for the trial to take place expire on 8 November. | Brazil's suspended President, Dilma Rousseff, has criticised the new interim government created by her former Vice-President, Michel Temer, for being entirely made up of white male politicians. |
Laura Bates, who catalogues women's experiences of gender inequality, said it was "a really important moment".
The Prince "pointing out the inequality being faced by somebody in a position that he would never be in" was "a major positive", the feminist writer went on.
Issued in November, the statement said the US actress had faced "harassment".
"Prince Harry is worried about Ms Markle's safety and is deeply disappointed that he has not been able to protect her," the statement continued.
In general, Ms Bates said, media representation of women had "a very long way to go".
She claimed press coverage of Prime Minister Theresa May had a "sexist slant" and that Hillary Clinton faced criticism during the US presidential campaign that would not have been directed at a man.
"We saw an unwarranted focus on her clothes, on her make-up, on her hairstyle," Ms Bates said of the unsuccessful Democratic candidate.
"But we also... saw certain criticisms being made of her that wouldn't necessarily been made of a male opponent.
"I would definitely see a sexist slant of coverage of Theresa May ever since she became prime minister," Ms Bates went on.
"This is very much something that's impacting on all female politicians and I think we have to think about what the knock-on impact of it is.
"I certainly don't think that we're seeing massive strides of improvement. There is a huge amount that can be improved on."
The author and journalist started the Everyday Sexism Project in 2012. Her most recent book, Girl Up, was published earlier this year.
Follow us on Facebook, on Twitter @BBCNewsEnts, or on Instagram at bbcnewsents. If you have a story suggestion email [email protected]. | Prince Harry's statement condemning the press treatment of girlfriend Meghan Markle has drawn high praise from the founder of the Everyday Sexism Project. |
The book, which upholds the right to ridicule religion, was finished two days before Charb was killed by Islamic militants in January, publishers say.
It argues that the fight against racism is being replaced by a misguided struggle against "Islamophobia".
Charb and 11 others were killed during a Charlie Hebdo editorial meeting.
The attack on the Paris offices of the newspaper was carried out by two brothers, Said and Cherif Kouachi, who were later shot dead by police.
Charb had received numerous death threats following Charlie Hebdo's publication of cartoons featuring the Prophet Muhammad in 2006. The magazine's offices were firebombed in 2012.
Charb's book - which goes on sale on Thursday - is entitled An Open Letter to the Fraudsters of Islamophobia who Play into Racists' Hands.
It is both a defence of Charlie Hebdo's editorial stance and an attack on the paper's detractors.
"The suggestion that you can laugh at everything, except certain aspects of Islam, because Muslims are much more prickly that the rest of the population - what is that, if not discrimination?"
He condemns this position as "white, left-wing bourgeois intellectual paternalism".
Charlie Hebdo, which was launched in 1969, poked fun at conservatives and all religions. It had a small circulation and folded in 1981, but was resurrected in 1992. | A book written by the late editor of French satirical weekly Charlie Hebdo, Stephane Charbonnier - known as Charb - is set to be published posthumously. |
The name of their second child - sister to Prince George - could be announced later and members of the Royal Family and the duchess's parents may visit.
The princess, who is fourth in line to the throne, was delivered at 08:34 BST on Saturday at St Mary's Hospital in London, and weighed 8lbs 3oz (3.7kg).
Tower Bridge was among several London landmarks lit up in pink in her honour.
For full coverage see our royal baby special report here.
Trafalgar Square's fountains and the London Eye were also illuminated on Saturday night to mark the birth.
The Cambridges will spend the next few days at Kensington Palace; afterwards they are expected to travel to their country home Anmer Hall on the Queen's Sandringham estate in Norfolk.
Bookmakers have said Charlotte and Alice have emerged as the favourite names for the princess, followed by Olivia, Victoria and Elizabeth.
A spokeswoman for Ladbrokes said: "We've never known a day of royal speculation like it. Charlotte is the new favourite, but Olivia is the name on the nation's lips."
Meanwhile, almost all of the UK's national newspapers have given over the entire front pages of their Sunday editions to the birth and a photograph of the new princess.
Charlotte, the feminine form of Charles, has a long royal pedigree and became popular in the 18th century when it was the name of George III's queen.
The King bought Buckingham House in 1761 for his wife Queen Charlotte to use as a family home close to St James's Palace - it became known as the Queen's House and is now Buckingham Palace.
Charles is the name of two former Kings and of the Prince of Wales, the princess's grandfather.
Charlotte also has a connection on the duchess's side, as the middle name of her sister Pippa Middleton.
Alice, the previous bookmaker's favourite, was the name of the Duke of Edinburgh's mother, Princess Alice of Battenberg and of his great-grandmother, who was the third child of Queen Victoria.
During the First World War, his mother's family changed Battenberg, the family name, to Mountbatten - the name which Prince Philip adopted when he became a naturalised British subject in 1947.
Other royal Alices include the Queen's aunt by marriage, Princess Alice, Duchess of Gloucester and one of Queen Victoria's granddaughters, Princess Alice, Countess of Athlone.
Also in the running, according to the bookmakers, are the names Olivia, Victoria and Elizabeth.
While Olivia has no immediately apparent royal connections, it was the second most popular girls' name for babies born in England and Wales in 2013, according to the Office for National Statistics.
Victoria and Elizabeth are arguably the most famous female names in British royal history - with Queen Victoria the longest reigning monarch, and the present Queen Elizabeth II set to surpass her record on September 9, 2015.
The Queen Mother was also called Elizabeth, and it is the middle name of the duchess's mother, Carole Middleton.
Queen Victoria is associated with Britain's great age of industrial expansion, economic progress and, particularly, empire. While the 45-year reign of Queen Elizabeth I of England, the daughter of Henry VIII and the last Tudor monarch, is considered one of the most glorious in English history, including the defeat of the Spanish Armada and the first works of Shakespeare.
The duchess was admitted to the private Lindo Wing at St Mary's Hospital in Paddington, west London, at 06:00 BST on Saturday.
The birth was announced by Clarence House on Twitter at about 11:00 BST, but also with the traditional bulletin on a gilded easel outside Buckingham Palace - a practice that dates to 1837. The easel will remain outside the palace until early afternoon.
With their new daughter wrapped in a white shawl, the duke and duchess emerged from the hospital to crowds of well-wishers and the world's media, a little less than 10 hours after the birth.
They stood on the steps of the Lindo Wing briefly before heading back inside to put the sleeping princess in a car seat. Prince William, who had been present for the birth, then drove them to Kensington Palace.
The couple did not speak to the media as they had done at the time of Prince George's birth in July 2013.
But when Prince William left the hospital shortly before 16:00 BST, to fetch his son for a visit to his new sister, he told those outside he was "very happy".
In a statement issued after the birth, Kensington Palace said: "Their Royal Highnesses would like to thank all staff at the hospital for the care and treatment they have all received.
"They would also like to thank everyone for their warm wishes."
The duke's father the Prince of Wales, who had said he wanted his second grandchild to be a girl, and Duchess of Cornwall were left "absolutely delighted" by the news, Clarence House has said.
William's uncle Earl Spencer said: "It's wonderful news - we are all thrilled for all four of them."
Messages of congratulations also came from the Archbishop of Canterbury Justin Welby and political leaders including Prime Minister David Cameron, who called it "wonderful news".
US president Barack Obama and First Lady Michelle wished the duke and duchess "much joy and happiness on the occasion of the arrival of the newest member of their family".
On Monday, the princess's birth will be marked by gun salutes in Hyde Park and the Tower of London.
Soldiers from The King's Troop Royal Horse Artillery will ride out in procession from Wellington Barracks, near Buckingham Palace to sound 41 shots in the park at 14:00 BST. A 62-gun Salute by the Honourable Artillery Company will take place at the Tower of London at the same time.
The princess's first public appearance, with her parents, leaving hospital, will be the exception not the rule.
Prince William and his wife will shield the fourth in line to the throne in the same way they have her brother, Prince George.
Her lack of exposure in her early years will not limit or diminish the global fascination this baby will attract. It's a fascination which began while she was still in the womb.
Soon we'll know her name. The absence of knowledge hasn't stopped the speculation. Elizabeth, Victoria, Alice and Charlotte have all attracted bets at the bookies.
And will Kate and William honour his mother and choose Diana for one of their daughter's names?
Read more from Peter | The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge have spent the first night with their new baby daughter at Kensington Palace. |
Sadly, the playmaker has failed to develop his reputation since then.
The 20-year-old remains a player for the future, rather than a star of the present, and Liverpool have taken a calculated gamble by agreeing an £8.5m deal for him.
Marco Branca, who conducts all transfers for Inter Milan, told BBC Sport: "Coutinho is a very, very good player. He is still only 20 and has a big talent."
Yet the fact remains that Inter's sporting director was willing to sell a player who was peripheral at best at Inter, having failed to cement a starting place or even establish his best position.
Branca now hopes to use the money received from Liverpool to sign another Brazilian, the Corinthians midfielder Paulinho.
Andrea Ramazzotti, who covers Inter for Italian newspaper Corriere dello Sport and has watched all Coutinho's 28 games for the club, told BBC Sport: "He just didn't show his potential in Milan.
"Coutinho played very well when he was on loan at Espanyol last season and started well for Inter this season, but they were only brief spells really.
"For the rest of the time, he just showed flashes of his potential and I fear the way of playing in England, which can be very physical, will not suit him because he has a slight frame."
That this is a player of rare talent, though, seems beyond question. The diminutive Brazilian is an excellent dribbler, combining close control with pace and trickery.
He also has finishing ability and can take a mean free-kick.
Coutinho joined Inter from Vasco da Gama for 4m euros (£3.4m) in 2008, when he was 16 and one of the most coveted young players in world football. The Serie A side immediately loaned him back to Vasco, because foreigners are prohibited from playing professional football in Italy until they are 18.
He returned in the summer of 2010 and quickly established himself as a favourite of new manager Benitez, featuring in 14 league and Champions League games before Christmas, most often as a wide attacker in a 4-2-3-1 formation.
Unfortunately for the player, Benitez was sacked in December and his successor, Leonardo, was not anywhere near as big a fan of the young Brazilian. He played only four more games that season, although he did finish on a high by winning the Fifa under-20 World Cup with Brazil in the summer.
New manager Claudio Ranieri sent Coutinho on loan to struggling Spanish side Espanyol for the second half of the following season. He impressed, scoring five goals in 16 appearances.
This was when Liverpool first showed an interest in the player. Benitez had told their director of football, Damian Comolli, that Coutinho was the best young player at Inter and capable of being a big success in the Premier League.
Inter had yet another new manager, Andrea Stramaccioni, by this time, though, their sixth during Coutinho's time at the club, and he wanted to keep the player, so Inter rebuffed Liverpool's offer.
Stramaccioni's faith looked like being repaid as Coutinho was player of the tournament in the pre-season Trofeo TIM tournament, when Inter beat AC Milan and Juventus in an impressive start to the season.
Everything looked promising until the player suffered a stress fracture of the tibia at the end of October. Fredy Guarin took his place and has remained in the side ever since.
This all made Liverpool's offer too good to refuse, as Branca decided to cash in on Coutinho's largely unfulfilled promise.
It will be fascinating to see whether the player can now finally reach his potential with Liverpool, or simply remain a great hope. | When Rafael Benitez introduced new signing Philippe Coutinho to the Italian media in the summer of 2010, he declared the Brazilian "the future of Inter Milan". |
Emmi, who has no management or record deal, was hand-picked to sing the film's only song, called Blind Pig.
She recorded the vocal in her childhood bedroom after being contacted out of the blue by director David Yates.
However, she was kept in the dark about his identity, and the song's destiny, for almost a year.
"It feels too good to be true," says the singer, who will see her song on the big screen for the first time at the film's premiere in London on Tuesday night.
"I feel like it's a bit of a joke. I don't feel like it's real."
The 29-year-old was born in Devon but raised in Perth, Australia. She now lives in London, where she has been making music full-time for seven years.
A former child actress, who had a small role in Home and Away, she has spent much of that time writing for other artists, but decided to make music under her own name in 2013.
Her second single, Sleep On It, attracted the attention of Taylor Swift, who tweeted it as part of her playlist: "New Songs That Will Make Your Life More Awesome".
Although that raised her profile, she decided not to capitalise on the hype.
"I had a couple of deals on the table but I felt I wanted to do things in a more independent, organic way," she says.
"I wanted to make some mistakes on my own, and create something that was wholly me before I got a whole team on board."
When Yates got in touch in summer last year, she was back at her parents' house for a holiday.
"I have two weeks with my family ever year and I got this email from someone I didn't know saying, 'Do you mind singing this? Here are some lyrics, give it a try,'" she recalls.
"I was like, 'Well, this is a difficult time for me. I'm on holiday with my parents and we're about to eat pizza, can we put this off?'
"And they were like, 'Probably not. You should probably give this a go.'"
When the singer looked at the lyrics, she found references to magical creatures like the Hippogriff and Billywig.
"I started thinking, 'This sounds like something from Harry Potter,' so I Googled the words and confirmed that for myself.
"I thought, 'This might be nothing, but it might be something??? And on the off-chance it is the something I think it might be, I'm going to do this.'"
Having completed a rough vocal in her bedroom, Emmi started receiving requests for more and more versions of the song: "Can you get more whispery? Can you do it more sexy? Can you do it more innocently?
"At the time I didn't know it was David Yates directing me. If I had, I might have been a little more nervous in my bedroom," she laughs.
However, having finally completed the song, everything went quiet.
"It wasn't until April of this year that I got a call saying, 'We'll be using your voice in a film, is that cool?'" she says.
The singer soon found herself on a movie set covered in green lycra, having her performance motion-captured so she could appear in the final film as a computer-animated character.
Even at this stage, she was not told that her song - a smoky jazz number - had been written by JK Rowling herself (along with film composer Mario Grigorov). That information only came to light when the film's IMDB page was updated a few weeks ago.
"I'm not sure if it's her first song or not," says Emmi, "but it's amazing to come so close to embodying something that came from her brain. Does that make me smarter by osmosis?"
The singer will see her performance for the first time at the London premiere of Fantastic Beasts on Tuesday evening, where she also hopes to meet Rowling.
"I'll probably say something nonsensical and embarrassing because I'm so nervous," she says.
"But what I'd like to say is, 'Thank you for a childhood of escapism'. I have so much respect for an imagination like that."
Follow us on Twitter @BBCNewsEnts, on Instagram at bbcnewsents, or if you have a story suggestion email [email protected]. | An unsigned singer from Devon has been given her big break in the new Harry Potter spin-off, Fantastic Beasts and Where To Find Them. |
What you see are actually the great gouge marks left on the seafloor when the keel of a giant block of ice has dragged through the sediments.
The arcs and loops record the movement of the berg as it turns about, caught in the wind, currents and tides.
This "ice art" is from a stunning new collection of images that detail how glacial action has shaped the ocean floor in Earth's polar regions.
The atlas is the work of more than 250 scientists from 20 countries and represents our most comprehensive view yet of what the seabed looks like at high latitudes.
"We now have a critical mass of high-resolution imagery, of the imprints left by the action of ice," explained Dr Kelly Hogan, one the collection's editors from the British Antarctic Survey (BAS).
"We can see where the ice has been and what it's done, and this allows us to compare and contrast. Looking at what has happened in the past can help us understand what may happen in the future with modern ice sheets as they respond to climate change."
Dr Hogan is presenting the Atlas of Submarine Glacial Landforms here in Vienna at the European Geosciences Union (EGU) General Assembly.
.The book, published as a "memoir" of the Geological Society of London, has taken four years to put together.
It contains mostly images produced from ship echosounders, which pulse the ocean bed and then build depth maps from the resulting return signal (the "false colours" will usual denote different depths).
A first version of the book came out in 1997, but comprised really only low-resolution data.
The new tome, on the other hand, benefits from 20 years of multibeam swath technology, which is capable of creating spectacular perspectives of the ocean floor, often at sub-metre resolution.
All ships now entering polar waters will routinely map the bed in this way.
"Today's icebreakers and ice-strengthened vessels all carry these high-res systems; they are standard. No longer do we get just single points, but a whole fan of sound goes down to the seafloor to collect 3D data. And we're finding all these weird and wonderful features," Dr Hogan told BBC News.
As well as the iceberg ploughmarks, there are the classic forms left by marine glaciers. These include long striations, drumlins (egg-shaped mounds) and moraines (sediment ridges).
"When the moraines are pushed close together, they're most likely annual features, but move a bigger distance offshore and you might find moraines that are from thousands of years ago and are spread further apart. We could go date the sediments to look at how quickly ice has retreated. So, this gives you an idea of how we can use the imagery to help us understand what is going on."
Another of the more intriguing features is the permafrost polygon. A great expanse of these shapes is captured on the floor of the Laptev Sea off the Siberian coast in the Arctic.
These were actually created above water in ground that contracted and expanded in multiple cooling and warming cycles - only then to be submerged beneath the waves.
They illustrate how the sea can sometimes preserve a record that might otherwise be lost on land, perhaps covered over by vegetation or human development, or lost entirely through erosion.
And flicking through the book, it is clear that not all ice action has been constrained to today's polar waters.
You will find, for example, images in the atlas from around the UK. But then 25,000 years ago, Britain was covered by a colossal ice sheet that extended down from the north.
Likewise, Libya makes an entry with glacial lineations in the Murzuq Basin that are several kilometres long. These ice features are present because 450 million years ago, north Africa was centred over the South Pole, forming a part of the Gondwana supercontinent.
But as impressive as all this imagery is, it still only represents a small fraction of the total seafloor currently found above 60 degrees latitude.
As with the ocean more generally across the globe, our knowledge of the shape of bed is poor. If you were to divide the polar seas into 500m boxes, more than 85% of them would have no depth soundings.
"That will change in time as all these vessels routinely gather multibeam data," said Dr Hogan.
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The British-Brazilian duo were beaten by South Africa's Raven Klaasen and American Rajeev Ram 6-1 6-4 in an hour at the O2 Arena in London.
But Murray and Soares have already overtaken Pierre-Hugues Herbert and Nicolas Mahut in the year-end rankings.
After three round-robin match wins, they were outplayed by Klaasen and Ram.
The latter pair will play Finland's Henri Kontinen and Murray's former partner, Australian John Peers, in Sunday's final.
Kontinen and Peers beat the Bryan brothers 7-6 (7-2) 6-4 in their semi-final.
Earlier, Jamie's brother Andy Murray kept his hopes alive of ending the season as the world number one singles player by beating Milos Raonic in a thrilling semi-final, which lasted three hours and 38 minutes. | New world number one doubles team Jamie Murray and Bruno Soares suffered a disappointing defeat in the semi-finals of the ATP World Tour Finals. |
The Latvian, 20, hit 54 winners on her way to a "dream" 4-6 6-4 6-3 win over Romania's Simona Halep.
"I always had the possibility I could hit the ball really hard," said Ostapenko. "If I have a chance to go for a shot, I'm trying."
She is the first unseeded woman to win the French Open since 1933.
It was only her eighth appearance at one of the four tennis majors, the fewest by a champion since Maria Sharapova won Wimbledon in 2004.
A 100-1 outsider at the start of the tournament, she will rise from 47th to 12th in the world rankings following her spectacular victory.
And it was the 299 winners she hit over the course of seven matches that captured the imagination of the Roland Garros crowd, who roared her to victory on Saturday.
"Nobody taught me, it's just the way I play," said Ostapenko. "And also I think my character is like that. I want to really hit the ball."
Ostapenko beat Olympic champion Monica Puig, former finalist Sam Stosur, former number one Caroline Wozniacki and two-time semi-finalist Timea Bacsinszky on her way to the final.
But it was not until the closing moments of her win over third seed Halep, the 2014 runner-up, that the Latvian contemplated winning the title.
"I think I was up in the third set 5-3, then I realised I can win the match," she said. "Not before that. I was just taking it step by step."
Having earned a total of £1m in her professional career before Roland Garros, Ostapenko, who turned 20 on Thursday, will take home £1.65m for Saturday's victory.
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"I wasn't even thinking about it," she said. "I was thinking about winning the title."
The junior Wimbledon champion in 2014, she will now head to the All England Club next month among the contenders.
Ostapenko begins her grass-court season in Birmingham at the Aegon Classic, along with eight of the world's top 10, and will then head on to Eastbourne for the Aegon International.
"Of course I will probably now will have more pressure and attention, but I'm going to try to deal with that," she said.
"I think it's going to be little bit difficult but I chose to be a tennis player, so that's my career. I should be fine with that."
She made headlines last year because of a bust-up with British player Naomi Broady in Auckland. The pair argued at the end of their match after Broady claimed Ostapenko should have been disqualified for throwing her racquet at a ball boy.
Ostapenko chose a tennis career over ballroom dancing, something she still practises four times a week - her favourite dance is the samba.
She is coached by her mother Jelena, with father Jevgenijs taking fitness trainer duties.
Spanish player Anabel Medina Garrigues has also been helping with coaching as she recovers from an injury.
President Raimonds Rejoins called to wish her luck after the semi-final, and a giant screen in Riga showed the final. | French Open champion Jelena Ostapenko believes "anything is possible" with the all-out attacking style which brought her a first Grand Slam title. |
He won 39.93% of first preference votes - falling shy of the 50% needed - so was forced to go to another round where second preference votes were counted.
The former Army veteran won a total of 202,396 first and second preferences, compared with his nearest challenger Laetisia Carter.
She took 172,717 of the first and second preference votes.
Turnout was 25.6%, up from 13.3% in 2012.
Candidates are listed alphabetically by surname. BBC News App users: tap here to see the results. | Conservative Anthony Stansfeld has been re-elected Police and Crime Commissioner for the Thames Valley. |
Owen Smith faced a bigger helping of humble pie than most - the Labour MP had launched some pretty savage attacks on Mr Corbyn during an unsuccessful attempt to unseat him as leader.
Just to show there are no hard feelings, Mr Corbyn has drafted him back into his frontbench team as shadow Northern Ireland secretary.
Then: On Mr Corbyn's assertion the Tories were in retreat, Mr Smith told the BBC's Laura Kuenssberg in September last year: "I think that's delusional. I think Jeremy needs to think a bit more about that straight, honest politics that he started his campaign with. The straight, honest truth is that we are right now at our lowest ebb in the polls, ever. If there was an election tomorrow Labour would be decimated, and that's got to be a shock to Labour's system."
Now: "I was clearly wrong in feeling Jeremy wouldn't be able to do this well and I think he has proved me wrong, and lots of people wrong, I take my hat off to him.... I don't know what Jeremy's got, but if we could bottle it and drink it we'd all be doing very well."
Hilary Benn, who was sacked from Labour's frontbench by Mr Corbyn, following reports he was trying to organise a coup against the leader, has also been fulsome in his praise for Mr Corbyn's campaign.
Then: "He is a good and decent man, but he is not a leader."
Now: "I think he fought a brilliant campaign, which enthused a lot of people with a message of hope over the politics of fear," Mr Benn told the BBC's Newsnight programme.
Labour's former deputy leader cheerfully admits she got it wrong about Mr Corbyn, replying "delicious" when Lord Prescott's son David tweeted a picture of a pie with the word "humble".
Then: "If you fail, you can't take the party down with you - that's not fair," Ms Harman told BBC Radio 4's Today programme in July last year, after a vote of no confidence in the Labour leader.
Now: "The atmosphere is verging from on one hand relief to jubilant, and the Tories are in disarray. And Jeremy Corbyn has to take the credit for that, because he was the leader and he's gone forward," she told the same programme after the election.
John Woodcock disowned Jeremy Corbyn at the start of the election campaign - telling his constituents to vote for him rather than the Labour leader. The Barrow-in-Furness MP hung on to his seat, where Britain's Trident nuclear submarines are built, by a narrow margin. He said he had "no idea" what had happened.
Then: "I will not countenance ever voting to make Jeremy Corbyn Britain's prime minister."
Now: "I don't know what's going on in British politics!"
Another trenchant Labour critic of Mr Corbyn's leadership, Jess Philips was returned with a massively increased majority last Thursday. The Birmingham Yardley MP thinks everyone in Labour needs to eat a certain well-known metaphorical dessert but also warns the party not to be uncritical in its support for its leader.
Then: "I mean, the polling rate is terrible, it would be crass to say anything else. It would be crass of me to say, 'He could rally!' It's like - what's it called? - Monty Python, where he's like, 'It's only a flesh wound!' It is getting a bit like that," Ms Philips told an Institute of Government event, adding it would be the "ultimate selfish act" for Mr Corbyn to remain as leader.
Now: "While I got his electability half wrong, I would be doing him and the country a disservice by donning the white robes of worship and ignoring my concerns," she wrote in the Guardian. | Labour may not have won the general election, but it did far better than expected - forcing leader Jeremy Corbyn's many critics to think again. |
Resuming in a strong position at 182-3, the tourists were bundled out for 242 in a dreadful morning session in Dubai.
Joe Root, Ben Stokes and the out-of-form Jos Buttler fell victim to Wahab Riaz's pace, before Yasir Shah's leg-spin bamboozled the lower order.
By the close, Pakistan reached 222-3, a lead of 358 runs, with Misbah ul-Haq 87 not out and Younus Khan 71 not out.
After coming so close to winning the first Test, and contesting the first two days of this match fiercely, this was a hugely disappointing day for the tourists - and one that seriously imperils their chances of getting a result in this series.
Alastair Cook's men will have to hope they can dismiss the hosts quickly on day four, then set about a huge run chase - but their chances of avoiding defeat on a turning fourth-innings track with the wily Yasir in operation appear slim.
England's chances of getting close to, or even overhauling, Pakistan's first-innings total of 378 were always likely to depend on the influential Root - unbeaten on 76 overnight.
But the day got off to the worst possible when the Yorkshire batsman swished at a wide delivery from Wahab and was caught behind for 88.
From then on, England's increasing over-reliance on Root and Cook was horribly exposed as the remaining six wickets tumbled for only 30 runs.
Wahab, bowling with real hostility to exploit England's uncertainty against genuine pace, had Stokes (4) and Buttler (0) caught behind in quick succession in a superb spell of 3-15 in nine overs.
Then it was over to Yasir - bowling in tandem with Wahab for the first 18 overs of the day - who justified his status as the world's top-ranked spin bowler with a display of high-class leg-spin.
Memories of England's awful performances against spin on their last tour of the UAE were revived as Adil Rashid (0), Jonny Bairstow (46) and Mark Wood (1) all perished with poor shots to Yasir.
After conceding a first-innings lead of 136, England desperately needed early wickets, and their seamers got two quick breakthroughs.
James Anderson dismissed Shan Masood (1) for the fourth time in the series before Shoaib Malik (7) was bowled trying to drive Mark Wood.
But England could not capitalise on that good start as their spinners struggled.
Mohammad Hafeez smashed Moeen Ali and Root for sixes before he was caught at slip off Wood for 51.
That brought first-innings centurion Misbah to the crease with Younus - a partnership with a combined age of 78 and one that has thwarted England throughout this series.
Playing cautiously against the seamers and looking to dominate the spinners, the duo - who have now put on a fifty partnership in nine out of the last 10 occasions they have been at the crease together - batted England further and further out of contention.
To win, the tourists will have to surpass the highest-ever fourth-innings chase at Dubai - 137 - and record at least the fifth-highest run-chase this century.
While Stokes is averaging just 24 since the start of the Ashes and Bairstow remains without a Test century, it is the form of Buttler that is the biggest concern in England's malfunctioning middle order.
The wicketkeeper - whose average after his first eight Tests was 52.67 - is averaging just 13.55 in his last seven matches against Australia and Pakistan, with 149 runs in 11 innings.
"Buttler's numbers are not good," said former England captain Michael Vaughan on Test Match Special. "He's got a huge problem: he's not lining up the ball, he's playing it two feet away from his body."
In addition, even his usually reliable keeping faltered as he dropped a simple chance presented by Shan Masood off the bowling of Stuart Broad, and saw another chance fly between him and Joe Root at first slip.
Bairstow is also capable of taking the gloves and James Taylor could replace Buttler in the middle order should England decide to change their side for the third Test in Sharjah.
Ex-England spinner Graeme Swann on BBC Test Match Special: "I think there will be two changes [for the next Test]. The way they're going, they're going to lose unless something ridiculous happens.
"Barring a big score from Buttler or Bell, I think they'll be asked to sit out the last Test. That will allow you to bring in an opening batsman in Alex Hales, and James Taylor at three, with Moeen Ali moving to seven. He's not an opening bat, he showed in Abu Dhabi it's not his natural game."
Michael Vaughan on BBC Test Match Special: "My frustration with England is that they keep having these horrible sessions that lose them the game. Losing seven wickets for 36 runs... it's over. You can say I'm being negative but this game is done." | England require their best-ever fourth-innings run chase to beat Pakistan in the second Test after a dire third day. |
The move is seen as vital to getting Stormont's budget on a sustainable footing.
The redundancy scheme formed part of the financial package attached to the Stormont House Agreement.
The Westminster government would allow the Northern Ireland Executive to borrow £700m over four years to pay off up to 20,000 public servants.
A £200m portion would be used to cut up to 3,000 jobs in the Civil Service alone by March 2016.
The agreement was signed in December but fell apart within three months over the vexed issue of welfare reform
In March, Ms Villiers told an audience in Washington DC that the financial package could not go ahead without welfare reform.
But by this weekend, that position was clearly no longer sustainable.
The decision to grant the extra borrowing powers, while the rest of the agreement is not implemented, is simply a recognition of the perilous state of Stormont's finances.
The Northern Ireland Executive is already operating a provisional or 'fantasy' budget - one which assumes that welfare reform has happened when, of course, it has not.
On top of this, Stormont departments have already built the savings from the redundancy scheme into their budgets for the rest of this year.
If the scheme did not proceed, it increased the risk that budgets would be bust right across Stormont.
The head of the Civil Service, Malcolm McKibben, expects that in this financial year the scheme will knock about £25m off his pay bill.
By next year, he said the accrued savings will be £95m to £100m and, in all, he expects the scheme to have paid for itself with 14 months.
Those savings will start almost immediately with the first 864 civil servants due to take redundancy at the end of this month. | The Northern Ireland Secretary of State Teresa Villiers has said the UK government will release funding to allow a public sector redundancy scheme to go ahead. |
Toby Hockley was on the 100-mile Boudicca Sportive ride in Norfolk on Sunday when he was struck by a car and flung into a hedge, he said.
The incident is being linked to a comment on Twitter by a Norwich woman.
It read: "Definitely knocked a cyclist off his bike earlier. I have right of way - he doesn't even pay road tax!"
The tweet included the hashtag "#Bloodycyclists".
The message has been forwarded to Norfolk Police, who are investigating.
Mr Hockley, 29, from Norwich, was riding with Iceni Velo cycling club on a narrow country lane, about five miles away from the end of the route at Snetterton.
"A car came tearing round the blind corner and narrowly missed a cyclist in front of me," he said.
"She came on to my side of the road, I took the wing mirror off and I went flying off my bike into a hedge.
"She hit me hard, really hard. I am lucky to be alive.
"But I managed to get out of the hedge and stand up.
"The car was nowhere to be seen. She hit me and she was gone.
"All I know is that it was a blonde girl driving."
The freelance chef said he felt battered and bruised but was able to finish the course after a few roadside fixes to his bike.
"I burst out laughing, I couldn't believe how lucky I was and that I was still in one piece," he said.
The comment on Twitter suggested Toby Hockley, as a cyclist, does not pay "road tax".
A road tax does not exist in the UK but the term is commonly and incorrectly used to refer to the Vehicle Excise Duty (VED), or "car tax" paid on most motorised vehicles as a tax on emissions.
Roads are funded by all UK taxpayers under general and local taxes.
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"I had a hug with my co-rider at the side of the road and was just full of adrenaline.
"But when I finished, the aches and pains set in and I had a bit of sulk in the cafe and had an ice-cream."
Mr Hockley said he was planning to keep the incident to himself so as not to worry his girlfriend but changed his mind after reading Twitter.
"I think she came across as a very silly girl and made herself look like a bit of a fool," he said.
"I'm not angry, I would just like it known that her stupid comment that I don't pay road tax is not an excuse to treat cyclists like second-class citizens."
The woman's Twitter account has been removed.
Norfolk Police said it was investigating and had spoken to both parties. | A cyclist has said he is lucky to be alive after being hit by a car whose driver is believed to have tweeted about the crash. |
M2 Subsea - headquartered in Westhill - will tackle explosive devices lying at the bottom of the Baltic Sea since World War 2.
Two remotely-operated vehicles (ROVs) will work from the Go Electra support vessel.
The contract was awarded by Next Geosolutions.
M2 Subsea chief executive officer Mike Arnold said: "This contract award from Next Geosolutions is great for the business and a significant scope of work for us to win.
"It highlights both our capabilities to negotiate what is a very challenging subsea environment.
"Safety is a key factor on every project and in particular where it involves surveying the seabed to identify undiscovered explosive devices for removal." | An Aberdeenshire subsea business has won a contract worth more than £1m to remove explosives from around the world's longest pipeline. |
The 24-year-old joined Rovers on trial last summer but ended up scoring four times in 39 National League appearances after earning a contract.
Boss Gary Brabin told the club website: "I'm really pleased to keep Adam. He progressed a lot last season and became an important player for us.
"Hopefully he can continue to develop his game in the coming season." | Winger Adam Mekki has agreed a new one-year deal with Tranmere Rovers, with the option of a further 12 months. |
The unopened roll of Edelweiss brand Klosettpapier (toilet paper) has been valued at between 80 euros (£67) and 120 euros (£100).
The roll is in a "remarkably unused condition", say Whyte's auctioneers.
German soldiers' helmets, minefield warning flags and a police dagger are among the other items going under the hammer on 17 September.
A private Irish collector had assembled the collection over a 25-year period and it was fascinating that the toilet paper remained intact, said Whyte's Head of Collectibles Stuart Purcell.
It was one of the more bizarre artefacts he had come across, added Mr Purcell.
"We had a German World War Two helmet on sale in March which sold for 10,000 euros and the guy whose collection it is was one of the bidders," he told the BBC.
"The private collector's raison d'etre in the early days was to try and collect the kit of the average World War Two soldier - everything from what he used for cleaning his gun to his butter dish.
"It is fascinating that someone in 1945 would say: 'We will put that toilet paper aside because someone will find that interesting in the future.'
"You would have thought it would have been used during the war."
Mr Purcell acknowledged that some people would think the concept of collecting Nazi militaria was "sinister" but said their retention had historical significance.
"The people who collect these items are usually serious collectors," he said. "For some people though it is like collecting stamps.
"If they weren't still collecting it, in a generation's time people would say we don't have anything to show as nobody bothered to collect it."
The private collector selling the toilet paper had collected some 30 German helmets dating back to World War One, said Mr Purcell.
"There are WW2 paratrooper helmets and a number of Waffen SS helmets, which are very rare," he said.
"We also have a Nazi railway police dagger which is rare and is on at 1,500 to 2,000 euros." | Toilet paper issued to Hitler's army, the Wehrmacht, during World War Two is up for sale at an auction in Dublin. |
Kewell, 38, joined Watford as an under-23 team coach in June 2015, before leaving the club earlier this season.
The former Australia international scored 45 goals in 185 Premier League games for Leeds, before spending five seasons with Liverpool.
He retired in June 2014 after spells at Galatasaray and Melbourne.
Former Newport County manager Warren Feeney, who was sacked by the Exiles in September 2016, has been appointed as Kewell's assistant.
"During his interview Harry showed us great passion - that's needed to make this team move onwards," director of football Selim Gaygusuz told the club website.
Crawley had been without a head coach since Drummy left the club by mutual consent on 4 May.
The Reds finished 19th in League Two this season, five points above the relegation zone. | League Two side Crawley Town have appointed ex-Leeds United and Liverpool winger Harry Kewell as their new head coach, replacing Dermot Drummy. |
Reports say the blast may have been caused by a letter bomb.
Mr Papademos, 69, and his driver have suffered leg injuries but their lives are not believed to be in danger, the reports add.
Mr Papademos was appointed caretaker prime minister in November 2011 amid political and economic turmoil. He served in post until May 2012.
Mr Papademos has also served as vice-president of the European Central Bank.
Current Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras, who is attending a Nato summit in Brussels, is being kept informed of the incident, Greek news agency ANA said.
Mr Papademos and his driver, who has not been named, were reportedly rushed to Evangelismos Hospital.
Some reports say two banking officials were also in the car, but their condition is not known.
No group has said it was behind the blast.
In March, a letter bomb sent from Greece exploded at the International Monetary Fund office in Paris.
The employee who opened the letter suffered hand and face injuries and staff were evacuated.
Days earlier, a parcel bomb meant for German Finance Minister Wolfgang Schaeuble was intercepted and destroyed in Berlin before it could explode.
Greek far-left group Conspiracy of Fire Cells said it was responsible for sending that device | Former Greek Prime Minister Lucas Papademos has been injured by an explosion inside his car in Athens. |
Steven Partridge, 24, was jailed for eight years for attempted rape and abducting a child in Westcliff-on-Sea near Southend, Essex, in November 2014.
Kent Police said he had been arrested and bailed for a sex assault on a 19-year-old in Folkestone in August 2014.
Southend councillor Martin Terry said he was "outraged" by what had happened.
"If someone's a known offender, that should be notified to the council by the police. My question is, how was he out on bail?" Mr Terry said.
"I've written to the chiefs of Essex and Kent Police and the police and crime commissioners asking for an inquiry into how this came about."
Last week, Partridge, of Southend, was given an extended sentence of six years' imprisonment for the earlier rape, and a three-year concurrent sentence for sexual assault.
He was also given a three-year extension to his three-year licence period, bringing his total sentence to 14 years in prison and six on licence.
The BBC has asked Kent Police to confirm Partridge's bail conditions at the time of his arrest in August 2014. | An inquiry should take place into how a man was able to try to rape a nine-year-old girl while on bail for rape, a councillor says. |
Last month, jihadist group Islamic State (IS) claimed that Abdelmalek Boutalliss had blown himself up in Iraq.
Originally from the Belgian city of Kortrijk, he had been preparing for his exams when he told his mother, "Don't expect me for dinner".
The next day he sent her a photo from Turkey of him with his best friend, saying he was heading to Syria.
One of hundreds of young Belgians lured by IS to Syria and Iraq, he was given the nom de guerre Abu Nusaybah al-Baljiki. His family are Berbers, an ethnic group from North Africa.
Idriss Boutalliss followed his son to Syria twice, in a desperate attempt to bring him back.
On the second occasion, after a 10-day search, he finally managed to meet him near Raqqa - the self-proclaimed capital of IS.
Abdelmalek refused to leave, telling his father that he would be jailed immediately if he returned to Belgium.
"I spoke to the police and they assured me if you return you will not go to prison," his father told him. But the teenager said he was lying.
At around the same time, in July 2014, Belgian researcher Montasser Alde'emeh spent three weeks in Syria trying to understand what made so many young people from Belgium go there.
"There are about 500 Belgian jihadis [in Syria and Iraq]," he said. "About 70 of them have been killed."
On his return, he set up a centre aiming to counter extremism and convince Belgians in Syria and Iraq to come home.
That was how he came into contact with Abdelmalek Boutalliss, who had put his name down on a list of willing suicide bombers.
These lists can reportedly be found in jihadist training camps.
During a series of conversations via the Whatsapp instant messaging service, the Belgian academic tried to change the teenager's mind, urging him to think what effect it would have on his mother.
This WhatsApp conversation originally took place in Dutch. It has been shortened and edited by the BBC.
Montasser Alde'emeh: You should not do that. Remove your name from the list of suicide bombers.
Abdelmalek: Allah willing, I will carry out a "martyrdom operation"
Montasser: Do not blow yourself up, brother. Do not do it. Can't you imagine how sad your parents will be?
Abdelmalek: You are still looking for the truth, unlike me. I found the truth. I kept searching in Belgium and found it.
Montasser: I hate that you are doing that. Don't you realise to what extent I care about you?
Abdelmalek: I don't care. My path to paradise is not in your hands. Whatever you say, I won't listen.
Montasser: Your parents are still Muslims and they want you to return.
Abdelmalek: If they are real believers they should come here.
Many young European men have been lured by IS via the internet but Abdelmalek Boutalliss was recruited locally in Belgium.
His mother, Najat, said he had begun to show interest in Islam when a teacher began asking him about the religion.
At that point he started visiting a local mosque and his family thinks he was recruited there by a jihadist who had previously fought in Syria.
Young Muslims are still being radicalised in Belgium.
Observers believe they feel alienated from society and angered by Western involvement in Syria.
Since October, the number of Belgian jihadists has risen by 39, according to Belgian expert Pieter Van Ostaeyen.
Last month, 130 people died in co-ordinated attacks claimed by IS on a concert hall, cafes, restaurants and a stadium in Paris.
Several Belgian jihadists took part in the atrocities and the suspected ringleader Abdelhamid Abaaoud came from the Brussels district of Molenbeek.
Three days before the attacks, on 10 November, IS militants announced that the Belgian teenager they had dubbed Abu Nusaybah al-Baljiki had carried out a suicide attack in Haditha in western Iraq.
IS said he had destroyed three Iraqi military vehicles and killed everyone inside. Iraqi officials insisted his attack had been foiled and he blew himself up some distance from the vehicles.
Whether or not Abdelmalek Boutallis committed murder in western Iraq, his mother Najat still refuses to believe he is dead. | "I wish everything could go back to the way that it was," sighed Najat, remembering her 19-year-old son. |
Ying Ying's pregnancy was confirmed in late September and she has since been closely monitored for signs of labour.
However, ultrasound scans conducted on Tuesday and Wednesday showed that the foetus no longer had a heartbeat.
Doctors at the Ocean Park amusement park said they are very disappointed as they have been trying for four years to get Ying Ying pregnant.
The scans "clearly showed the foetus that we had been monitoring had stopped developing and the foetal structures were no longer distinct, thus confirming it is no longer viable," said Ocean Park vet Dr Lee Foo Khong.
Earlier this year, 10-year-old Ying Ying mated naturally and was also artificially inseminated.
However, the staff at Ocean Park are unsure which method resulted in the successful pregnancy.
The 100kg female - described by the park as "inquisitive, active and vigilant" - attempted to mate naturally with two male pandas on five different occasions and one of the attempts was deemed successful.
But to improve the chances of a viable pregnancy, Ying Ying was also artificially inseminated.
Panda reproduction is a notoriously difficult process, with females only ovulating once a year.
It is also common for giant pandas to re-absorb the foetus into the womb in the late stages of pregnancy, "especially for first-time mothers due to their inexperience," said Dr. Wang Chengdong of the China Conservation and Research Centre for the Giant Panda.
The gestation period is typically five months and one or two cubs are usually born.
Ocean Park, along with Wolong specialists, will continue to closely review the data gathered during the pregnancy in an effort to learn more about giant panda miscarriages. | Giant panda Ying Ying, who was due to give birth to Hong Kong's first giant panda cub, has suffered a miscarriage. |
Thelma Bishop from Gatley in Stockport bought the ceramic jug for a few dollars while on holiday in the 1960s.
Its history was discovered by auctioneers after Ms Bishop decided to sell it.
She was told she could have been prosecuted for removing it. Turkish officials are said to be "delighted".
Ceramics expert Jason Wood at Adam Partridge Auctioneers said: "It is being returned to the Turkish authorities because it would have exposed the owner to legal proceedings if (Ms Bishop) had gone ahead and made a sale.
"That is because when she took it out of the country, inadvertently it was breaking a Turkish law which dates back to the 1880s.
"It is an early bronze age ceramic vessel, made specifically to be a grave good, so it was buried in cemeteries. (It was) commonly found in Western Anatolia in Turkey."
Mr Wood said the item was "fairly rare".
He said: "Its archaeological value is why it is important. There are a few examples; there is one in the British Museum, one in the Metropolitan Museum in New York and they crop up periodically, a few in Turkey as well, but to have one turn up in Stockport of all places and in such remarkable condition is quite unusual."
Ms Bishop has been offered a free museum pass in Istanbul for returning the jug to the Turkish authorities who are said to be "delighted".
The ceramic vessel will go on display at The Museum of Anatolian Civilizations in Ankara. | A woman who bought a souvenir jug in Turkey more than 50 years ago is to return it after discovering it is a bronze-age urn. |
An international commission is looking to safeguard a massive section of the Ross Sea, home to penguins, petrels and killer whales.
The proposed marine protected area (MPA) would ban fishing and drilling in a region dubbed "the last ocean".
Experts say it could set a precedent for other areas of the high seas.
Consisting of 24 countries plus the European Union, the Commission for the Conservation of Antarctic Marine Living Resources (CCAMLR) was established in 1980 with a mission to protect the common resources of the Southern Ocean.
While Antarctica itself is protected by the Madrid Protocol which declares the region a "natural reserve, devoted to peace and science", the surrounding waters have increasingly become the focus for commercial fishing fleets, attracted by vast quantities of krill and toothfish.
One of the first attempts to limit these activities came from the UK which proposed the creation of the South Orkney Marine Protected Area at CCAMLR in 2009.
While this was successful in limiting fishing in an area of some 94,000 sq km around the South Orkneys, attempts since then to give protection to much larger bodies of water around Antarctica have become bogged down in political disputes.
At the end of negotiations last year, Russia was seen as the one country holding out against a consensus on the Ross Sea.
Other proposal for MPAs in East Antarctica and the Weddell Sea are also on the table this year but there is a growing belief that Russia will support the Ross Sea option this time round.
President Putin has designated 2017 as the Year of Ecology and the country has recently expanded an MPA around Franz Josef Land in the Arctic.
"People have come into it feeling very positive that this could be the year," said Cassandra Brooks, a phd student at Stanford University who has recently published a study on the workings of CCAMLR.
"Despite the US and Russian tensions in other parts of the world, historically countries have worked wonders in the Antarctic and I hope this will be a case where we see science and diplomacy working."
While the Ross Sea, its shelf and slope only comprise 2% of the Southern Ocean they are home to 38% of the world's Adelie penguins, 30% of the world's Antarctic petrels and around 6% of the world's population of Antarctic minke whales.
The region is important to the rest of the planet as the upwelling of nutrients from the deep waters encounter currents which carry them around the world.
Krill are a staple food for species including whales and seals, and their oil is critical for salmon farming. However there are concerns that overfishing and climate change are having significant impacts on their numbers.
The current proposal, introduced by New Zealand and the US, would see a general protection "no-take" zone where nothing could be removed including marine life and minerals.
There would also be special zones where fishing from krill and toothfish would be allowed for research purposes.
"Right now, 24 countries and the EU are negotiating what could be the first-ever large-scale marine sanctuary in international waters," said Mike Walker, from the Antarctic Ocean Alliance, a coalition of environmental campaigners.
"An agreement would be an historic move to protect the ocean," he said.
One of the key questions in the negotiations is how long the MPA should last. China is on the record as stating it believes that 20 years is long enough. Many conservationists say this is far too short, given the lifespan of creatures that life in the Ross Sea, such as whales.
"We'll see what it is," said Cassandra Brooks.
"It will have value for the times it's in place but can it meet its objectives in such a short duration? That's something that a lot of people are worried about."
One of the other big concerns that could halt the Ross Sea proposal is the fact that it might set a precedent for other high seas negotiations around the world, such as in the Arctic and in attempts by the UN to develop a new marine biodiversity treaty.
"For some states it comes down to economics, for others it is about setting a precedent," said Cassandra Brooks.
"For others it might be cultural, a lot of people might say that MPAs are a very western thing so there could be some breakdown there.
"I am optimistic, sometimes it just takes time and the political window of opportunity - are we in that? It remains to be seen."
Follow Matt on Twitter @mattmcgrathBBC and on Facebook. | Campaigners believe a proposal to establish a vast marine reserve in the seas around Antarctica will finally be accepted this week. |
The Hatters led after just five minutes when Luke Gambin's clipped pass was controlled by Danny Hylton and he fired in his 18th of an impressive season.
Alan Sheehan was denied by goalkeeper Joe Fryer before the home side doubled their advantage after just 10 minutes, Gambin driving into the area and finding the bottom corner to score his first Luton goal.
It took Pools 30 minutes to register an attempt of note, defender Scott Harrison heading narrowly wide from a corner.
In the second half, Hartlepool winger Nathan Thomas fired wildly off target for the visitors, while Hylton should have doubled his tally only to fire wastefully over the top.
Isaac Vassell was denied by a good low stop from Fryer, before Pools almost had one back, Michael Woods firing inches over.
Town wrapped up the points late on as Ollie Palmer came off the bench and when the ball ricocheted back into his path, he beat Fryer to open his account for the Hatters.
Report supplied by the Press Association.
Match ends, Luton Town 3, Hartlepool United 0.
Second Half ends, Luton Town 3, Hartlepool United 0.
Corner, Luton Town. Conceded by Joe Fryer.
Attempt saved. Jack Marriott (Luton Town) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the bottom right corner.
Attempt missed. Glen Rea (Luton Town) header from the centre of the box misses to the right.
Foul by Nicky Featherstone (Hartlepool United).
Ollie Palmer (Luton Town) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Corner, Hartlepool United. Conceded by John Mullins.
Attempt blocked. Padraig Amond (Hartlepool United) right footed shot from the left side of the box is blocked.
Brad Walker (Hartlepool United) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Ollie Palmer (Luton Town).
Attempt saved. Ollie Palmer (Luton Town) right footed shot from a difficult angle on the left is saved in the bottom left corner.
Michael Woods (Hartlepool United) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
Foul by Michael Woods (Hartlepool United).
Pelly Ruddock (Luton Town) wins a free kick on the left wing.
Attempt missed. Lewis Alessandra (Hartlepool United) left footed shot from the centre of the box is close, but misses to the right.
Nicky Featherstone (Hartlepool United) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Foul by Jonathan Smith (Luton Town).
Goal! Luton Town 3, Hartlepool United 0. Ollie Palmer (Luton Town) right footed shot from the right side of the six yard box to the bottom right corner.
Foul by Nicky Featherstone (Hartlepool United).
Pelly Ruddock (Luton Town) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Attempt blocked. Nicky Featherstone (Hartlepool United) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
Corner, Hartlepool United. Conceded by Matt Macey.
Nathan Thomas (Hartlepool United) wins a free kick on the left wing.
Foul by Glen Rea (Luton Town).
Attempt saved. Nathan Thomas (Hartlepool United) left footed shot from outside the box is saved in the bottom left corner.
Substitution, Luton Town. Ollie Palmer replaces Danny Hylton.
Substitution, Luton Town. Jack Marriott replaces Isaac Vassell.
Scott Harrison (Hartlepool United) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Isaac Vassell (Luton Town).
Lewis Alessandra (Hartlepool United) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Foul by Luke Gambin (Luton Town).
Attempt blocked. Jack Senior (Luton Town) left footed shot from the left side of the box is blocked.
Corner, Hartlepool United. Conceded by Danny Hylton.
Attempt blocked. Nathan Thomas (Hartlepool United) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
Lewis Alessandra (Hartlepool United) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Jonathan Smith (Luton Town).
Substitution, Luton Town. Jonathan Smith replaces Lawson D'Ath.
Corner, Hartlepool United. Conceded by Pelly Ruddock.
Corner, Hartlepool United. Conceded by Stephen O'Donnell. | Luton were too strong for struggling Hartlepool as they eased to a 3-0 victory at Kenilworth Road. |
It briefly saw Robert the Bruce's brother made king of Ireland and featured a 300-ship invasion of Ulster, sieges and battles that marked turning points in Irish history.
Yet the war, which began in 1315, lasted for three years and could easily have been the source material for Game of Thrones, has been largely forgotten.
A new two-part BBC documentary drama series aims to address that fact.
War of The Three Kings is narrated by actor Brian Cox and features Clive Russell as Robert and Douglas Russell as his brother Edward.
It combines stunning locations, dramatic re-enactments and CGI, to recreate the harsh and often violent medieval world of 700 years ago and features a variety of academics and experts, among them Dr Gavin Hughes of Trinity College Dublin.
Dr Hughes said there were different theories about the motive for the invasion, including that Robert the Bruce wanted his ambitious brother and heir Edward out of the way.
"There's an idea that they send him across just basically because Robert wants rid of him and thinks we'll make him king of Ireland and that'll keep him happy - there's possibly a little bit to that," he said.
"But there's also the idea that if a Scottish army establish themselves in Ulster and take Carrickfergus, then the whole seaboard route is theirs and they can cut off supplies to Carlisle where Robert is having a huge siege."
The invasion also owed something to the idea of Celtic unity.
"You get to the end of the 13th century when Kind Edward I is on the throne and he's hammering the Welsh and he's also hammering the Scots with Wallace and that kind of thing," Dr Hughes said.
"And the interesting thing is this whole sense of Celtic consciousness begins to develop outside England."
Whatever, the motives for the invasion, Dr Hughes said people in Ireland took sides for different reasons - some to settle old scores, while some were motivated by who they thought would ultimately win.
"It ends up being an almighty mess. There are Irish fighting Irish, there are English fighting English, on the Scottish side of the water there are Scots fighting against Bruce because they support the Plantagenets as well," he said.
"It's all intrigue and a lot of warfare and of course the warfare comes right at the wrong time for a campaigning season, because it comes smack bang in the middle of a famine as well and that's what really does for the Scots army in Ireland."
The high point of the Scots in Ireland was 1316 when they cut a swathe through Louth and almost down to Dublin.
Dr Hughes said they could have taken Dublin in 1317, "Dublin was wide open, but for some reason they head off to Limerick.
"After that they're sort of dead in the water because they're not really getting resupplied as much as they should be," he said.
The key battle was fought in October 1318 at Faughart outside Dundalk and the outcome sounds reminiscent of an episode of Game of Thrones.
"Massive, massive battle and he [Edward the Bruce] is killed there," Dr Hughes said.
"His body is apparently cut into four and sent to all four corners of Ireland as a warning and his head is placed in a casket in salt to be taken to King Edward II [of England].
"It's probably the biggest medieval battle in Ireland, certainly since Clontarf. You think people know about Clontarf, they don't know about Faughart."
There were also a number of key battles in Ulster, which the Scots retained control of for three years.
"The main battle is the siege of Carrickfergus, the first battle is one that very few people know about called Mounthill, overlooking Larne," Dr Hughes said.
"The Anglo Norman lords of Ulster gathered on this very large hill from where you could see Carrickfergus and Larne and the landing points where the Scottish army came in in May 1315 - 300 ships coming towards east Ulster, it must have been a real powerful sight.
"I kind of think it as the Scots' moment of D-Day in medieval terms, because they've got to have a foothold in Ulster and they have to break out towards Carrickfergus and if the Anglo Normans had beaten them at Mounthill, then the chances are the invasion would have been dead in the water.
"As it turns out the Scots absolutely decimate the Anglo Norman lords."
So why is so little known about such a pivotal moment in the history of Ireland and the rest of the British Isles?
"Both sides seem to have deliberately forgotten about it," Dr Hughes said.
"It's the classic thing that history is written by the winners and Edward Bruce was a very big loser, but he did die as king of Ireland.
"It's something that people didn't want to remember and it probably wasn't politically wise for them to remember it in the aftermath of the invasion.
"Seven hundred years on, it's nice to see it actually remembered, because it was a really important military campaign."
The first of the two-part series is available here. | It's been compared to Scotland's Vietnam - a 14th century attempt to unify the Celtic nations, invade Ireland and try to drive the English out of it. |
Care Quality Commission (CQC) inspectors said staff at Birch Court lacked basic knowledge and skills on managing challenging behaviour.
Some residents were put in a locked, quiet room and, because staff failed to grasp the proper use of safeguards, "human rights were not protected."
The home said it had suspended admissions and made improvements.
The care home, run by private health firm Bupa, provides nursing, convalescence, palliative and respite care, as well as nursing or residential care for those with dementia.
The CQC report, based on an inspection in August, identified a number of breaches in safe care and treatment and staff training.
It said the service was "not effective" because staff did not have a thorough understanding of the Deprivation of Liberties Safeguards (DoLS), resulting in people's human rights "not being protected."
DoLS ensure when someone is deprived of their liberty, decisions are made in their best interests.
"Staff lacked basic knowledge and skills on the management of challenging behaviour and medication was not always managed safely," the CQC found.
"Monitoring of food and fluid intake was ineffective which meant vulnerable people were at risk of dehydration and malnutrition," it said.
Four people nursed in beds did not have access to a nurse call alarm as it was either missing or out of reach.
Relatives described care staff as "kind and caring" and "overall they were satisfied with the standard of care provided."
A previous inspection in June rated it as "good."
Inspectors also identified that there was a risk of medicines being given unnecessarily.
A patient prescribed medicine for extreme agitation was given it consistently for 23 days "even when there was no evidence of extreme agitation or aggression," the report said.
Inspectors were also told by family members they were prevented from taking their loved one on a day trip.
The house manager said it had come about as a result of "a misunderstanding of how the person's deprivation of liberty safeguards were applied and a lack of information in the person's care plan."
Inspectors found there was no care plan and care staff told them they did not read care plans.
The CQC made recommendations to ensure medication is managed, how care records are kept and that treatment is appropriate to meet the needs of residents.
Earlier this month, Warrington Borough Council officials stopped referring patients to the care home amid concerns that basic needs of residents were not being met.
A spokesman for Birch Court said: "We are absolutely committed to making the required changes highlighted in the recent CQC report, which are isolated to one unit.
"We have acted immediately to ensure we meet the high standards of care that we expect - putting additional training in place for staff, reviewing our medication management process and all residents' care plans." | Residents at a Warrington care home were "at risk of dehydration and malnutrition", a report found. |
11 July 2017 Last updated at 07:55 BST
Scrappy the fire dog helps the fire teams in the North East of England.
But he's now putting his paws up and retiring.
So who will take over his job, and what does it take to be a brilliant fire dog? | Tackling a blaze isn't just a job for firefighters - fire dogs play an important role too! |
The 24-year-old, who scored 25 goals in 40 appearances for the Robins last season, has agreed a three-year deal with the Addicks.
"Nicky is a fantastic addition," Charlton boss Russell Slade told the club website.
"He's a proven goalscorer, is very strong in the box and has got a great work ethic as well."
Ajose, who began his career at Manchester United and has had spells at Peterborough and Leeds, is Charlton's fourth signing of the summer.
He has also previously spent time on loan at Bury, Scunthorpe, Chesterfield, Crawley and Crewe.
Find all the latest football transfers on our dedicated page. | Charlton Athletic have signed striker Nicky Ajose from fellow League One side Swindon Town for an undisclosed fee. |
It was "unsatisfactory" tax had to be collected from big firms through "ad-hoc" deals, he told the Telegraph.
His comments come after an agreement for Google to pay £130m in tax dating back to 2005 was condemned by critics.
The government and HMRC defended the deal and the Chartered Institute of Taxation said corporation tax should not be abandoned.
Labour has called for the public spending watchdog, the National Audit Office, to investigate what it criticised as a "sweetheart deal".
Earlier this week, the European Commission said it was considering how to respond to a letter of complaint from the SNP about Google's tax deal with the UK.
Former Conservative Chancellor Lord Lawson told the Telegraph: "It is profoundly unsatisfactory that corporation tax has to be collected from large multinational corporations by a series of ad hoc compromise deals, as we have once again seen with the Google affair.
"It is also grossly unfair on smaller businesses, who are unable to shift profits between tax jurisdictions and have to pay the full amount due under UK law."
Google tax row: What's behind the deal?
Google's tax agreement came after years of criticism of it and other multinational firms over their tax arrangements in the UK and across Europe.
The payment by Google, praised by Chancellor George Osborne as a "victory" for the government, covered money owed since 2005 and followed a six-year inquiry by HMRC.
Lord Lawson said the arrangement showed corporation tax should be replaced with "a much lesser tax, bolstered by a tax on corporate sales".
He added: "While multinationals can artificially shift profits to whatever tax jurisdictions they choose, sales are where they are, and can't be shifted.
"Instead of endless discussion at international conferences of one kind or another, the UK should take the lead in implementing this much-needed reform."
But John Cullinane, tax policy director of the Chartered Institute of Taxation, said: "Frustration at the problems of taxing global businesses should not lead us to abandon corporation tax.
"There are more workmanlike solutions.
"In the round, it's still a nice little earner for the Exchequer and the country."
Limited companies, a foreign company with a UK branch or office, or a club, co-operative or other unincorporated association such as a sports club, must pay corporation tax on profits.
Taxable profits for corporation tax includes the money the company or association makes from doing business, investments and selling assets for more than they cost.
Companies based in the UK pay corporation tax on all profits from the UK and abroad.
Foreign companies that have an office or branch in the UK only pay corporation tax on profits from its UK activities.
Shadow chancellor John McDonnell has written to Mr Osborne demanding details of the Google settlement.
A senior HMRC official insisted that it was collecting the "full tax due in law".
Google, which makes most of its UK profits through online advertising, paid £20.4m in UK taxes in 2013. The value of its British sales that year was £3.8bn.
The US company has its European headquarters in the Irish Republic, which has a lower corporation tax rate than the UK, and it has also used company structures in Bermuda, where the corporation tax rate is zero. | Corporation tax should be replaced with a levy on firms' UK sales, according to the former Chancellor Lord Lawson. |
He has longer to wait.
People in Sunderland don't always do as they are told; before the vote on Britain's membership of the European Union, the Nissan chief executive urged people to vote to remain, stressing the advantages to Nissan, the region's biggest employer, of staying in the single market.
They ignored him, with just under two-thirds of the Sunderland electorate voting to leave.
Paul Watson, Labour and Co-operative leader of the city council since 2008, says people value Nissan's contribution to the local economy - it is the region's largest employer, providing work for 7,000 people - but that Sunderland is used to the vagaries of the world economy having big effects at home.
The coal industry here powered the empire, employing hundreds of thousands to work the Durham field in scores of pits.
The industry still shapes the local culture; Washington, the new town beside the Nissan plant, remains in reality an amalgamation of about a dozen pit villages, where people still identify with their immediate area rather than the wider north east.
When the pits closed in the 1980s - a victim of high costs relative to imported coal and a protracted battle for supremacy between mining unions and the Thatcher government - people learned the hard way that the tide of global commerce can go out quickly.
In Washington, they do not bemoan the loss of the pits themselves, as they brought their own horrible legacy of occupational diseases, but they rue the lack of something to replace them.
Shipbuilding was Sunderland's other great loss. At one stage the River Wear, which divides the city, could boast that it accounted for one-quarter of the world's new ships. Only 50 years ago it was still an international force, but now there are few signs the industry ever existed.
Mr Watson says the real dark days for Sunderland - the 1980s, when the town reeled under the combined closures of pits and shipyards - are now behind it. The economy has been reinvented, with call centres, Nissan and now a burgeoning tech scene picking up the slack.
"The big monolithic industries have gone," said Mr Watson, who once worked in a shipyard, "but other things have come in. It is about having a strategy, and our strategy is simply to make Sunderland prosperous."
At Sunderland Software City, a tech hub that would not be out of place in London's Silicon Roundabout, part of that vision is coming true. There are special effects firms, web designers and games makers.
David Van der Velde, managing director of Consult and Design, a digital agency based in the centre, says people in the North East have a natural inventiveness that lends itself to technology companies.
"Sunderland has always been a place where people make things, people are inventive. We've moved from making things out of steel to making things out of software, but we're still making things" | When Carlos Ghosn made his not-very-veiled threat about the future of the giant Nissan plant in Sunderland last week, he might have thought locals would have quailed and rallied to his cause. |
The 25-year-old was given an automatic one-match ban following his red card in Saturday's 2-0 defeat at Malaga.
However, his applause directed towards officials as he walked off has resulted in an additional two-match ban.
Spanish football's governing body RFEF judged his actions to show "attitudes of contempt or disregard for referees".
The Brazil international will now miss Saturday's home game against Real Socieded, the vital game against rivals Real Madrid at the Bernabeu and a match against Osasuna on 26 April.
Barcelona are currently second in La Liga, three points behind leaders Real Madrid, who also have a game in hand. | Barcelona forward Neymar will miss El Clasico against Real Madrid on 23 April after being banned for sarcastically applauding a referee. |
Noye, 70, was convicted of murdering 21-year-old Stephen Cameron in an attack on the M25 in Kent in 1996.
He went on the run but was arrested in Spain two years on. He was sentenced to life, with a minimum of 16 years.
The recommendation comes after Noye won a High Court challenge in February against a decision refusing a move to open prison conditions.
A Parole Board spokesman said: "We can confirm that a three-member panel of the Parole Board has not directed the release of Kenneth Noye.
"However, they have recommended that he be transferred to open conditions.
"This is a recommendation only and the Ministry of Justice will now consider the advice and make the final decision."
Under current legislation, Noye will be eligible for a further review within two years, on a date set by the Ministry of Justice.
One of Britain's most notorious criminals, Noye was also convicted of conspiring to handle gold from the 1983 Brink's-Mat robbery and conspiring to evade VAT payments.
A spokesman for the Ministry of Justice said: "The independent Parole Board has made its recommendation.
"We will carefully consider this and make a decision in due course."
In 2015, the Parole Board recommended Noye be transferred to an open prison after it declined to order his release.
But the then Justice Secretary Michael Gove rejected the recommendation.
After a challenge by Noye in the High Court, Mr Justice Lavender quashed the refusal decision.
He said in February: "It will be for the current Secretary of State to take a fresh decision whether or not to transfer the claimant to an open prison." | Road-rage killer Kenneth Noye has been recommended for transfer to an open prison, the Parole Board has said. |
Barry Clifford said evidence "strongly suggests" a ruin off Haiti's north coast is the Santa Maria.
Mr Clifford's team has measured and taken photos of the wreck.
He says he is working with the Haitian government to protect the site for a more detailed investigation.
The Santa Maria, along with the La Nina and La Pinta, were part of Columbus's expedition in 1492, which explored islands in the Caribbean in an attempt to find a westward passage to Asia.
The flagship was lost during the expedition, shortly before Columbus returned to Spain.
"All the geographical, underwater topography and archaeological evidence strongly suggests that this wreck is Columbus's famous flagship, the Santa Maria," said Mr Clifford.
Columbus and his flagship
Sources: Encyclopaedia Britannica, Smithsonian Magazine
"I am confident that a full excavation of the wreck will yield the first-ever detailed marine archaeological evidence of Columbus' discovery of America," he added.
Mr Clifford said he identified the potential location of the Santa Maria through earlier archaeological findings that pinpointed a likely location for Columbus's fort - a building that experts always thought was erected near to where the ship ran aground.
He also used information from the explorer's diary, and a recent diving mission near the site further burnished Mr Clifford's belief the wreck was the Santa Maria.
Mr Clifford told US broadcaster CNN the "smoking gun" was a cannon of 15th Century design found at the site.
A marine archaeologist who accompanied Mr Clifford on that mission told the newspaper there was "very compelling evidence" but an excavation of the site would be necessary to confirm the wreck's identity.
Further investigation will be supported by the government of Haiti and the History Channel, which plans to make a documentary programme about the wreck.
Mr Clifford is best known for the excavation of the first fully verified pirate shipwreck, the Whydah. | A US underwater investigator has said he believes he has found the wreck of the Santa Maria, the flagship of Christopher Columbus's famed expedition. |
But there was no immediate decision to send arms to Syrian rebels and all other sanctions remained in force.
Even so, Russia said it would "directly harm" the prospects of an international peace conference on Syria.
Meanwhile, the BBC has heard evidence that 200 people were killed in a massacre in western Syria this month.
Opposition activists said they had documented the civilian deaths in al-Bayda and Baniyas after government troops and militias entered the towns.
The government described the operation as a strike against "terrorists".
By Jim MuirBBC News, Beirut
While the lifting of the EU arms embargo is theoretically good news for the fractious Syrian opposition, it is clearly going to be some time before it has any effect on the battlefield.
Its authors, especially Britain, hope the decision itself will send a strong enough signal to President Bashar al-Assad that it is time to hand over power. That is extremely unlikely. For a government that has shown every sign of determination to fight to the end, it is hard facts on the ground that count.
Government forces have recently been making significant gains. To reverse that trend will take time and sacrifice by the rebels - and the kind of quality weapons they have so far been denied, especially armour-piercing and anti-aircraft projectiles.
The Americans in particular insist that much-needed shoulder-fired ground-to-air missiles must not be given, lest they end up with extremists. But for the rebels at least the eventual possibility of carefully-controlled arms deliveries is there, in what looks like being a bloody, long-haul struggle.
The EU declaration on Syria came after 12 hours of talks in Brussels. Foreign ministers were unable to reach the unanimous decision required to extend the current arms embargo, and so agreed to renew the other sanctions - including an assets freeze on President Assad and his aides, and restrictions on trade in oil and financial transactions - without it.
The BBC's Jim Muir, in Beirut, says it is clear that the EU decision will not make much difference on the ground in the immediate future.
Member states can now decide their own policy on sending arms to Syria, but agreed not to "proceed at this stage with the delivery" of equipment.
The EU's Foreign Affairs Council is to review this position before 1 August, in light of fresh developments to end the conflict including the ongoing US-Russia peace initiative.
Britain and France had been pressing for the ability to send weapons to what they call moderate opponents of President Assad, saying it would push Damascus towards a political solution to the two-year conflict.
There has been increasing pressure on the international community to act since allegations emerged of chemical weapons being used in the conflict. Syria has denied using chemical weapons.
By Ian Pannell,BBC News
Syrian activists document 'massacre'
UK Foreign Secretary William Hague welcomed the outcome of the Brussels talks, saying it was "important for Europe to send a clear signal to the Assad regime that it has to negotiate seriously, and that all options remain on the table if it refuses to do so".
But other countries had opposed opening the way for weapons to be sent, saying it would only worsen the violence that has already cost at least 80,000 lives.
Austria had been a key opponent of arms being sent.
"The EU should hold the line. We are a peace movement and not a war movement," Austrian Foreign Minister Michael Spindelegger said.
Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov called the EU move "a manifestation of double standards". Russia and the US are leading efforts to organise a peace conference on Syria next month.
The Syrian opposition has not said whether to attend the conference, and was locked in talks in Istanbul, Turkey, as an unofficial deadline to decide on its attendance passed.
Source: EU - April 2013
A spokesman for the opposition Syrian National Coalition, Louay Safi, was quoted by news agency AFP as saying that the EU move was "a positive step", but that the coalition was "afraid it could be too little, too late".
George Jabboure Netto, a spokesman for the Syrian National Council, another opposition group, said the dropping of the arms embargo was a "step in the right direction".
He told the BBC that the SNC was willing to negotiate an end to the conflict, but only on the condition that there was no place for President Assad in the new Syria.
"We think coupling the arming of [the] Free Syrian Army with diplomatic efforts is a must for any hopes for the diplomatic efforts to succeed."
The EU embargo, first imposed in May 2011, applies to the rebels as much as the Syrian government.
But in February this year, foreign ministers agreed to enable any EU member state to provide non-lethal military equipment "for the protection of civilians" or for the opposition forces, "which the Union accepts as legitimate representatives of the Syrian people".
UK aid agency Oxfam has warned of "devastating consequences" if the embargo ends and more arms are sent into Syria.
In other developments: | European Union foreign ministers have said they will not renew an arms embargo on the Syrian opposition, due to expire on Saturday. |
Sharp is also said to be reviewing a rival offer from the Innovation Network Corp of Japan, a government-backed investment fund.
A decision by Sharp is reportedly expected by the end of the month.
Shares of Sharp surged by as much as 25% in Tokyo trading.
Sharp is a major producer of display screens for smartphones, tablets and televisions, but has become saddled with heavy debts.
The consumer electronics maker has been bailed out twice in the last three years by its banks.
In 2015, Sharp announced major losses for the fiscal year ending in March and cut more jobs.
Foxconn, the world's largest electronics contract manufacturer, first offered to invest in the troubled Japanese firm in 2012, but talks collapsed.
In the past, Japanese officials have expressed reservations about allowing Sharp to be bought by a foreign competitor because of its proprietary technology. | Taiwan's Foxconn Technology Group, which assembles most of the world's iPhones, has offered about 625bn yen ($5.3bn) to take over struggling Japanese electronics firm Sharp. |
Paul Moffat allegedly carried out various sex attacks between January 2014 and April 2015 at an address in Kinloss.
The jury at the High Court in Glasgow heard a recorded interview with the girl, a police officer and a social worker when she described what allegedly happened to her.
Moffat, 30, denies the charges against him.
The child, now six - who cannot be named for legal reasons - said the accused had her carry out sex acts on him and touched her.
The trial before judge Lord Matthews continues. | A man has gone on trial accused of raping a four-year-old girl in Moray. |
With ten games remaining, the seventh-placed Bluebirds are just one point off the top six as they host eighth-placed Ipswich Town in Cardiff on Saturday.
Cardiff face fellow play-off contenders Birmingham City on 7 May, when Derby - currently in fifth - will host Ipswich.
Slade predicted: "It will be intriguing and probably will go to the wire."
Slade's side are currently only ahead of Ipswich on goal difference and one point ahead of ninth-placed Birmingham - both of whom have a game in hand on Cardiff.
Slade believes another 20 points should seal a play-off spot and said: "Maybe we would take playing Birmingham at home to ensure it - that is the sort of scenario you could end up with."
The Bluebirds will be without Brazilian defender Fabio on Saturday, who is banned for one game after his second half dismissal in Tuesday's 2-0 home loss to Leeds United.
But the club are hopeful defender Lee Peltier will be able to return after a foot injury to fill the right back berth.
Slade believes there is a unity between the club and their fans, demonstrated by the ovation the team received after the Leeds defeat.
He added: "Football can be very fickle at times. It can be a tough journey. I have been in many journeys. And it just feels we are slowly turning a corner.
"But do I think we are there? Do I think there is more to come? I do think there is more to come.
"I said that to the players - 'don't put any limit on what we can achieve over the remaining 10 games' because there is always more to find, always more to give, always more improvement to come.
"We are making that improvement, we are getting better."
Striker Federico Macheda has been linked with a loan move to Championship rivals Nottingham Forest and Slade confirmed there had been interest from a number of clubs.
"There may be a possibility, we shall see whether he goes and gets a few games. But if he goes, there will be a 24-hour recall," said Slade. | Cardiff City manager Russell Slade has warned the scramble for Championship play-off places could go down to the final day of the season. |
The tourists' 24-21 victory in Wellington on Saturday was their first victory over the All Blacks since 1993.
Henry, who steered the All Blacks to win the 2011 World Cup, believes Wales coach Gatland, 53, could follow in his footsteps with his native country.
"Warren's done a great job in getting them all together and he's possibly a future All Blacks coach," Henry said.
Current New Zealand coach Steve Hansen guided the All Blacks to 2015 World Cup victory and is contracted until the end of the 2019 tournament.
Gatland was appointed Wales coach in 2007 and has also signed a deal to take them through to the 2019 World Cup.
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The New Zealander also took a break to coach the Lions in 2013 when he led them to a 2-1 series win over Australia.
Gatland has also coached Ireland and was in charge at Wasps when they won the European Cup in 2004.
Henry was the first overseas coach to take charge of Wales and also coached the Lions on their 2001 tour of Australia, when they lost the Test series 2-1.
"He [Warren] is one of the most experienced coaches in the world, he's had a long run with Wales and won a couple of Six Nations," Henry told BBC Radio 5 live's Sportsweek programme.
"He's been with the Lions for some time and done exceptionally well."
Gatland and Hansen are now preparing for the series decider at Auckland's Eden Park on Saturday.
The Lions are attempting to win a Test series in New Zealand for the first time since 1971.
"The All Blacks are currently the world champions and ranked number one in the world," said Henry.
"So to beat the All Blacks at home with a side which has had very little rugby together would be an astronomical achievement." | British and Irish Lions head coach Warren Gatland could take charge of New Zealand one day, says Sir Graham Henry. |
Forty Days for Life has been holding a "vigil" at the Queen's Medical Centre, where abortions take place.
Nottingham Pro Choice said their presence near the hospital's treatment centre is "intimidating" to women.
But Louise Aldred said the group is "raising awareness" of the issues surrounding terminations.
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The group said about 50 people have been taking part at different times of the day since 1 March and plan to continue with their "prayer vigil" until the end of Lent.
Ms Aldred, who defended the choice of location, said: "We believe this is a good place to raise awareness about the issue of abortion.
"We want to say 'there is another way'... we don't approach women but if they want to talk to us that's fine."
She said the international campaign has saved "many babies" across the world by offering their help and support.
However, Rachel Strong from Nottingham Pro Choice said this was a "patronising standpoint" and their presence was "intimidating" for women accessing healthcare there.
"It's not their right to protest that we have an issue with, it's the location and the effect it's having on women already having a difficult time," she said.
She is calling for officials to take out an injunction or use a dispersal order to remove them from the hospital grounds.
Nottingham University Hospitals Trust said: "While we respect people's legal rights to express their views, our priority remains the safety and wellbeing of our patients, visitors and staff.
"The police will be asked to take action in the event of any disturbance, nuisance or anti-social behaviour demonstrated by the group." | Legal powers should be used to remove anti-abortion campaigners from the grounds of a hospital in Nottingham, a pro-choice group has said. |
The 25-year-old threw new bests in the first, second and third rounds, setting a new mark of 15.97 metres with his third throw.
And there was more Welsh success when archer Jodie Grinham secured silver with John Stubbs in the mixed team compound.
Cardigan-born Grinham and Stubbs were beaten 151-143 by China in the final.
"John and I have competed together in a few competitions but have never done better than bronze, so to do so at the Paralympic Games is amazing," said 23-year-old Grinham.
Welsh athletes have now contributed four medals to Paralympic GB's total in Rio - after Rachel Morris won rowing gold and Sabrina Fortune claimed a bronze in the F20 shot.
Davies won bronze in the shot at the 2012 London Paralympics, where he also won gold in the F42 discus.
Iran's Sajad Mohammadian claimed silver with a throw of 14.31m, while South African Tyrone Pillay picked up bronze.
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The International Paralympic Committee dropped the discus event from its programme afterwards, meaning Davies was unable to defend his title in Brazil.
But the 2013 and 2015 F42 discus and F42 shot put world champion added Paralympic shot put gold to his career medal tally with an impressive display in Rio.
Davies' third-round throw of 15.97 was 16 centimetres short of his world record of 16.13m.
The Welshman, who has a combined disability of Talipese and Hemi-hemilia in his right leg, topped his nearest rivals by more than one metre.
"I'm not really happy with the distance because I'm in shape to throw close to 17m and I really did want to knock it out of the park," said Davies.
"It's the Paralympic Games and, at the end of the day, no-one cares what you throw - it's all about who comes first and I'm just happy I can walk away with that gold.
"I'm so happy now, it's hard to put into words." | Wales' Aled Sion Davies broke the Paralympic record to win F42 shot put gold in Rio. |
Thiam, 22, arrives from French Ligue 1 club Dijon, having netted nine times in 38 games on loan at Clermont last term.
Barnes, 19, spent the end of the 2016-17 season on loan at MK Dons, scoring six goals in 21 League One games.
Barnes has featured once for the Foxes, coming off the bench in the Champions League loss to Porto in November 2016.
Find all the latest football transfers on our dedicated page. | Barnsley have signed Senegalese forward Mamadou Thiam on a three-year contract, plus Leicester City midfielder Harvey Barnes on a season-long loan deal. |
Foreign Secretary Philip Hammond said the aim was to "smoke out" Leave campaigners who had "avoided" spelling out their vision of a post-EU Britain.
The document says the UK would lose influence and exporters could be hit with damaging tariffs.
But Leave campaigners said the "dodgy dossier" was misleading.
Iain Duncan Smith - one of five cabinet ministers campaigning in favour of a vote to leave the EU - said it misrepresented the Leave case by suggesting Britain could follow the example of other non-EU countries, such as Norway or Switzerland.
He said: "The truth is, we won't copy any other country's deal. We will have a settlement on our own terms - and one that will return control of our borders, and money to Britain. That's the safer choice."
He said the government was "in denial" about the risk of remaining a member of the EU. "This dodgy dossier won't fool anyone," he said, adding that the "real uncertainty is the future of the EU project".
Cabinet ministers are allowed to campaign freely on either side of the debate, but the official government position is in favour of staying in a reformed EU in the 23 June referendum.
The document says Norway and Switzerland's trading arrangements outside the EU require them to make financial contributions, accept the EU principle of free movement of people and be subject to other EU laws.
Meanwhile, Switzerland and Canada's arrangements provide only limited access to the single market, it adds.
In a speech in London, Mr Hammond said Britain would be locked in talks with the EU for two years after an exit, while "our competitors, including our EU competitors, forge ahead".
He said there was no guarantee the UK could reach a deal within the two year limit, and talks could drag on for many years because there would be no "goodwill" from member states to help the UK get a deal.
He claimed Leave campaigners had "deliberately avoided" sketching out what a post-exit trade deal would look like because there were no "credible" options that "come close to the deal we already have on the table" that had been negotiated by David Cameron.
Mr Hammond said Leave campaigners should be "honest" with voters and say "they are prepared to sacrifice jobs and growth in order to get a clampdown on migration, in order to stop paying into the EU".
He said he hoped the dossier would force Leave campaigners to "put some flesh on the bones" of their vision of a post EU Britain.
The official government analysis of UK membership of the EU is required by law under the EU Referendum Act, which paved the way for the in-out referendum on EU membership.
If Britain votes to leave the EU, it will have to negotiate a new trading relationship with what would then be a 27 member organisation, to allow British firms to sell goods and services to EU countries without being hit by penalties or sparking a trade war.
The government paper runs through examples of other countries, such as Norway, Switzerland and Canada, who have trade deals with the EU without being members - as well as the option of breaking free from the EU altogether and striking deals with individual countries through the World Trade Organisation.
These scenarios have been mentioned by anti-EU campaigners in the past.
Speaking to the BBC, Norway's prime minister, Erna Solberg, said she would like her country to be part of the EU because it lacked influence over important decision making and had "basically... left part of our democracy to Europe".
Asked if she thought Britain could retain access to the single market without being subject to free movement of people, she said: "To believe you'll get everything you want without giving something back does not happen in any political body."
The government paper says they each carry serious risks for business - but Leave campaigners say the analysis is flawed because it does not consider the possibility of a bespoke trade deal between the UK and the EU, with no tariffs or trade barriers.
Gerard Lyons, of investment managers Black Rock and chief economic adviser to London mayor and Leave campaigner Boris Johnson, said it would be "a shock for both sides" if Britain left but it would be in the EU's interest to reach a trade deal with the UK as it was one of the EU's biggest export markets.
Meanwhile, Lord Lamont has become the latest Conservative grandee to nail his colours to one side or other of the EU debate.
Lord Lamont, who was chancellor in the early 1990s when Britain crashed out of the European Exchange Rate Mechanism, is calling for Britain to leave, arguing in the Daily Telegraph that the country could succeed economically and would regain control of immigration. | The government has published an analysis of the UK's options if it left the EU - suggesting they would all be worse for the economy than staying in. |
19 December 2016 Last updated at 10:24 GMT
It tops an amazing year for him, after he won Wimbledon and later become the world's number one tennis player.
Click on our video to find out more about Andy Murray's incredible career. | Andy Murray has won Sports Personality of the Year for a record third time. |
People are being asked for their views on proposals to redevelop the Ferens Art Gallery, Hull New Theatre and Woodford Leisure Centre.
The gallery will get a £4.5m facelift ahead of it hosting the Turner Prize in Hull's City of Culture year in 2017.
Other proposals include a new front of house and café bars for the theatre and a new 25m pool for the sports centre.
Detailed plans for the Ferens and New Theatre will be displayed inside a bus that will be parked in Queen Victoria Square from 10:00 to 16:00 BST. They will also go on show at each of the three venues from Monday.
Under the proposals, the gallery would receive a major overhaul of its existing lighting and temperature control systems, as well as a new café and lobby area, the council said.
The theatre's backstage areas would be improved "to bring in bigger, more ambitious shows", while the leisure centre would get a learner pool, new sauna and steam facilities and a café.
Comments from the public will be included in a planning application, which is expected to be submitted next month, the council added. | Plans to revamp three entertainment and leisure facilities in Hull are to go on show later. |
Construction output rose 1.6% compared with the same month last year, and by 3.9% compared to February 2015, the Office for National Statistics said.
Private sector house building grew 2.3% in March, after five successive months of contraction.
UK construction growth slowed at the end of 2014 and remained sluggish through the start of this year.
Overall, output in the first quarter of 2015 was down 1.1% compared to the last quarter of 2014.
"Following the fall in output over January and February, today's figures represent encouraging news," said Gareth Hird of property consultancy McBains Cooper.
"However, it would be premature to call this a recovery just yet. In all likelihood it is fragile at this stage," he said. | UK construction picked up in March, suggesting that the sector is reviving after a slow start to 2015. |
The crash happened at about 03:25 GMT near junction 16 northbound.
Northamptonshire Police, who had been investigating the theft of a vehicle, said the man stopped in the road and ran across the southbound carriageway when he was hit.
The Independent Police Complaints Commission has been notified.
Live updates on the crash and other Northamptonshire stories at BBC Local Live.
The southbound carriageway remains shut between junctions 18 and 16, but two lanes have reopened northbound.
Queues southbound have been backed up to Lutterworth in Leicestershire, with knock-on effects also spreading to the nearby M6, A14, A5 and the M45.
One driver told the BBC he had been stuck in M1 queues for four hours.
Accident investigators were examining the closed section and oil was being cleared from a carriageway.
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Northamptonshire Police and Crime Commissioner, Adam Simmonds, said: "I am aware of the tragic incident on the M1 this morning and await the results of the police investigation and the view of the IPCC."
BBC reporter Martin Heath, who was close to junction 16, said the motorway was completely empty and there was stationary traffic on local roads "as far as the eye can see".
He added there was no immediate sign of the situation changing, adding "everyone is being affected by this". | A driver who police were chasing on the M1 near Northampton has died after he got out of the car and was hit by another vehicle. |
Officers saw a "large bladed weapon" in the man's car when it stopped near the palace on Friday evening.
As they arrested him, both men suffered minor arm injuries, police said.
The 26-year-old man was also treated for minor injuries. He was arrested on suspicion of grievous bodily harm and assault, and under the Terrorism Act.
No members of the Royal Family were in Buckingham Palace at the time.
The incident happened outside the Mall roundabout near Spur Road - which runs along the corner of the Palace grounds - at about 20:35 BST, police said. The man had stopped his car in a "restricted area" and police saw the weapon.
Det Supt Guy Collings said the "quick and brave" actions of the officers meant the man was detained very quickly, and that no members of the public had any contact with him.
The two officers and the suspect had all since been discharged from hospital and the suspect was taken to a central London police station for questioning, police said.
Enquiries into the full circumstances are ongoing, they added, and there was still a police cordon at the scene.
Eye-witness Kiana Williamson said: "We turned up and there was one police van and one car; there was also a civilian's car that had veered towards the police car.
"They were trying to get the man out of the car, shouting; more police were arriving on to the scene and the man was fighting back.
"I saw one injured policeman with an injury to his arm, although it didn't look severe.
"He was being tended to by another officer.
"The man had been restrained and looked almost unconscious by the side of the road."
Another passer-by, who did not want to be named, said her partner initially thought he had seen a sword.
She told the Press Association: "The police didn't just run up to the car. There was some shouting prior to this; I couldn't tell you what, I was a bit panicked...
"My partner saw a sword, which I didn't see, as well as a policeman with blood on him, looking like his hand or chest was injured.
"The police officer had it in his hand, walking away with it." | Counter-terror police are investigating after two police officers were injured while arresting a man with a knife outside Buckingham Palace. |
He told Fox News the Democrats were putting out the reports because they were embarrassed at the scale of the election defeat.
On Friday, CIA officials told US media they had concluded that Russians hackers were trying to help Mr Trump.
Russian officials have repeatedly denied the hacking accusations.
Mr Trump said it might have been Russia but it was impossible to know.
"They have no idea if it's Russia or China or somebody sitting in a bed some place," he said.
President Barack Obama has ordered a complete review of the hacks, which targeted emails at the Democratic Party and the emails of a key aide to presidential nominee Hillary Clinton.
The contents of the emails, passed to Wikileaks and posted online, were embarrassing to the Democrats and shook up the presidential campaign.
Senior Republicans have now joined Democrats in calling for a full investigation.
Republican Senator John McCain, chairman of the Senate Armed Services Committee, said in a joint statement on Sunday with top Democrats that the CIA's report "should alarm every American".
He said in an interview that the congressional investigation should be more thorough than the one ordered by the White House.
In October, US government officials pointed the finger at Russia, accusing it of meddling in the campaign to undermine the electoral process.
But on Friday, the intelligence community went further when US media reports said the CIA had "high confidence" that Russians were trying to influence the election in Mr Trump's favour.
Russians had hacked the Republican party but chose not to reveal the contents of what they found, the reports said.
But Mr Trump told Fox News Sunday: "I think it's ridiculous. I think it's just another excuse. I don't believe it."
He said the Democrats were behind the news reports, not the CIA, because they suffered such a big defeat.
While backing the Obama review, the president-elect warned that it should not pin the blame solely on Russia but on other countries or individuals too.
Republican party spokesman Sean Spicer said the party had not been hacked and the intelligence report was wrong.
Mr Trump also said in the interview he did not need daily intelligence briefings.
"I'm a smart person, I don't need to be told the same thing in the same way for eight years."
Elsewhere in the interview, he said:
Mr Trump, an outsider who stunned the political world by beating Hillary Clinton in last month's election, will assume office on 20 January.
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Are there any Trump links to Putin? | President-elect Donald Trump has rejected as "ridiculous" a CIA assessment that Russian hackers tried to sway the election in his favour. |
The Labour leader has joined growing calls for UK government intervention after Tata Steel said it wanted to sell its loss-making UK business.
Wales' First Minister Carwyn Jones said a UK government take-over would "buy time" for Tata Steel plants but such a move has been played down.
The assembly will be recalled on Monday to discuss the situation.
The Indian firm said it would "explore all options", including "divestment".
Mr Corbyn is the first senior Westminster politician to visit after the announcement was made.
In a speech he pledged support for "immediate government intervention to protect our steel industry and not see it destroyed on the altar of a global corporation that decided somewhere along the line that Port Talbot is expendable".
"Sorry, it's not. We've got a different story," he added.
Mr Jones told BBC News a UK government takeover of the plants would "buy time... to find a buyer".
Asked whether the Welsh Government has powers to help, he said: "We don't have powers to nationalise, and financially, no. We don't have resources the UK government does."
He added: "What we are looking for is a way the two governments can put together a stop gap solution in order to give the industry time to restructure itself and become profitable in the future."
A Downing Street spokesman said David Cameron had spoken with Mr Jones "to discuss the urgent situation" in Port Talbot, with the afternoon call described as "constructive".
Welsh Secretary Alun Cairns told BBC Wales it was a "sensitive matter", but "every option" to save the plant was being explored by the UK government.
Politicians from all parties have urged ministers to step in amid fears Tata could shut its UK plants before a buyer can be found, but Mr Javid said nationalisation was not the solution.
Andrew RT Davies, leader of the Conservative group in Cardiff Bay, called for the UK government to be prepared to take a temporary stake in the Port Talbot steelworks.
Welsh Liberal Democrat leader Kirsty Williams also called for temporary renationalisation to save the Port Talbot plant.
Plaid Cymru leader Leanne Wood told BBC News: "This industry is as important to Wales, I would argue, as the banking sector is to the whole of the UK.
"If the banks could be bailed out, then the steel industry should be bailed out too."
The actor Michael Sheen, from Port Talbot, also highlighted government backing for banks.
Writing for The Guardian, he said: "I hope that we can see as much support for the steel industry and its workers now that they face their time of greatest need."
UKIP Wales leader Nathan Gill claimed "the shackles of restrictive EU regulations" prevented a "democratic UK government" from tackling the problem of high energy costs.
UK Business Minister Ms Soubry said the UK government was looking at all options to save the Port Talbot plant, including taking a stake in the business.
Business Secretary Sajid Javid is heading back from Australia to visit the town.
"There are buyers out there. It might require some kind of government support. We are more than ready to look at all ways that we can provide commercial support to really secure the long term future of steel making in Port Talbot."
Tata Steel finance director Koushik Chatterjee confirmed on Wednesday the firm had rejected a rescue plan submitted by the unions, saying: "We found that risks to the plan are very significant."
An evidence gathering meeting of the business and enterprise committee on the steel industry is to be held on Monday.
The key question is whether the Welsh Government can do something other than providing the usual level of support for regeneration and training for workers who have lost their jobs.
The Scottish Government recently bought two mothballed steel plants in Lanarkshire from Tata before selling them to a private company on the same day.
First Minister Carwyn Jones has said he'd consider something like that but admits there are major differences in the scale.
The buy-out in Scotland will secure about 200 jobs. We are now talking about thousands, and the future of the biggest steel plant in Britain.
Read more from Nick | Jeremy Corbyn has said the Port Talbot steelworks is "not expendable" as thousands of jobs are on the line. |
Work to strengthen Pontypridd's 148-year-old Victoria Bridge over the River Taff starts on Saturday and will take 27 weeks.
Vehicles travelling from the A470 across the bridge into the town centre will be unaffected.
All other routes will be diverted and some bus routes will be affected.
Victoria Bridge carries the A4223 over the river and is one of the main routes linking Pontypridd and the Rhondda Valleys to the A470.
The work will involve demolishing the structures that support the bridge footway and installing a new bridge deck.
Pedestrian access will be unaffected but some overnight and weekend closures will be carried out and will be advertised in advance. | A temporary one-way system will be introduced on a busy road bridge in Rhondda Cynon Taf as £1m repair works are completed. |
Health Secretary Shona Robison led a Holyrood debate on "delivering a healthier Scotland".
She said she would consult with NHS staff and stakeholders, along with social care and clinical partners, to review the approach to targets.
The Conservatives, who have called for a review of targets, welcomed the move.
Ms Robison said the NHS's record was one "that everyone working in health and social care can be proud of".
She said she wanted to review the number, structure and roles of health boards, and wants GP practices to become more of a community service, involving teams of health professionals and others working together under the guidance of a GP.
She also called for trade deals like the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP) to include "explicit protection" for public services.
Downing Street has already said it will accept a move to exclude the NHS from TTIP, having faced a revolt over it prior to the Queen's Speech.
Ms Robison lauded the NHS as "the country's most cherished public service", and noted that it "must remain free at the point of need and be publicly owned, funded and operated".
She also backed the SNP's election pledge to increase NHS budgets by £500m more than the rate of inflation by the end of the term, and to develop a 10-year plan for mental health care.
Her motion also included criticism of the UK government's reforms to the welfare system, which Ms Robison said were "exacerbating inequalities and putting more pressure on the NHS".
And there was also a warning that it would be "totally unacceptable if the proposed Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership or any other trade agreement were to go ahead without explicit protection for the NHS and public services on the face of the agreement", calling on the UK government to demand this be part of the deal.
Opposition MSPs had the chance to respond to Ms Robison's motion and lay out their own party plans for health in the coming term.
The Scottish Conservatives, who support "gradually reintroducing prescription charges" to raise extra funds for the NHS, had put forward an amendment calling for a review of target-setting in the health service.
MSP Donald Cameron said he was "very grateful" for Ms Robison's announcement, saying some top-down targets imposed on the NHS should be reviewed, and also welcomed the new commitment to mental health care.
He called on the Scottish government to come up with a plan to deal with the "GP crisis", and said patients should be put in charge of their own treatment and care, using the slogan "no decision about me, without me".
Mr Cameron also underlined the UK government's previous pledge to include protection for the NHS in the TTIP deal.
Labour, meanwhile, used the debate to push for a cut in cancer treatment waiting times.
The party's health spokesman Anas Sarwar put forward an amendment saying the 62-day waiting time standard has not been achieved in three years, calling on the government to "prioritise achieving" this goal.
Mr Sarwar warned against the review of targets simply "moving the goalposts" so that the government could "avoid its failures".
He said health inequality statistics "make grim reading for all of us", calling them "shameful", adding: "It is Scotland's shame that 270 Scots died last year waiting for care packages."
He also said that if a GP suspects a patient has cancer, "they should be entitled to see a specialist and get results within a fortnight".
Both Labour and the Conservatives saw their amendments voted down, before Ms Robison's motion was passed by MSPs, 89 votes to 35.
Alison Johnstone, of the Greens took the chance to call for "an end to funding cuts of wider public services under the Scottish government's control" in a bid to reduce pressure on the NHS.
Ms Johnstone also said parliament should note that TTIP and similar deals "pose a serious threat to the NHS and other public services", and urge the UK government to oppose them.
Alex Cole-Hamilton of the Lib Dems said it should be noted that "funding for the NHS in Scotland has slipped", asking for it to "stay ahead of inflation and keep pace with that in the rest of the UK".
After his party campaigned strongly on better mental health care during the election, Mr Cole-Hamilton also called for a "step change" in the sector, including a doubling of funding for services for children and adolescents. | The Scottish government is to launch a consultation with NHS staff on reviewing the approach to targets in the health service. |
They said people who got rid of their drugs would not get into trouble.
The plea follows the deaths of two 17-year-olds at the festival campsite in separate incidents.
Police Scotland said the deaths were not suspicious. Officers are looking into the possibility that they were drug-related.
The 17-year-olds, named locally as Megan Bell from Seaham in County Durham and Peter MacCallum from Lochgilphead, Argyll, died on Friday.
Ch Supt Angela McLaren warned all festival-goers that there was "no safe way of taking drugs".
By Saturday afternoon, Police Scotland said there had been 23 arrests at the three-day event at Strathallan Castle in Perthshire. More than 80,000 people are expected to attend.
The teenagers who died are a 17-year-old male from the west of Scotland and a female of the same age from the north of England. They have not been named.
Festival organisers said they were "shocked and saddened" by the news.
There have been deaths in previous years at the festival, which moved to its new location in Perthshire last year.
A 36-year-old man was found dead in the toilets in 2015, and a 24-year-old man collapsed and died during the night in 2010. | T in the Park organisers are urging anyone with drugs at the festival to dump them in special bins around the site. |
The Department for Communities and Local Government has hired a property adviser to find a tenant for the Zenith building at a rent of £500,000 a year.
The building cost about £23m and was one of nine regional centres intended to replace 46 local control rooms.
The building at Cambridge would have covered the eastern region.
The plan, conceived by the last Labour government, was scrapped at a cost of £469m leaving the nine purpose-designed buildings empty.
The building in Cambridge has been lying empty for several years.
Property adviser GVA is marketing the building and said: "The large control room could be used for dedicated emergency response, as an operations room, call/control centre or for hi-tech teaching." | A multi-million pound building which was meant to house a regional emergency control centre for the fire service has been put on the market. |
He told the BBC's Political Editor Laura Kuenssberg that it was the "very worst time" for Britain to take such an "enormous economic gamble".
But ex-Conservative leader Michael Howard said the UK should have the "self-belief" to go its own way.
He said the EU was "outdated, flawed and failing" and an Out vote would force its leaders to think again.
The prime minister's official spokesman said Mr Cameron had "huge respect for Michael Howard but on this issue they disagree".
The UK will hold a referendum on on 23 June on whether to retain its EU membership or to leave.
Lord Howard, who led the Tories between 2003 and 2005, when he was a close political ally and mentor of Mr Osborne and Mr Cameron, said it was not the PM's fault he had not been able to secure "fundamental and far-reaching reform" of the EU.
He blamed EU leaders for imposing a "rigid straitjacket of uniformity" across the continent.
He told Radio 4's Today programme that, as the world's fifth largest economy, the UK would prosper outside the European Union, arguing that "the Germans would still want to carry on selling us their BMWs and the French would still want to carry on selling us their wine".
"So it is in everyone's interest to want to have an agreement that allows each of us to have access to each other's markets."
Michael Howard was never the most popular politician with the public, but many of his party's grassroots felt he shared their views when he was home secretary. His catchphrase was "prison works".
And perhaps more importantly, they still feel a debt of gratitude for his willingness to take over his party's leadership just after the Conservatives had fallen to a new nadir in the polls under Iain Duncan Smith.
So they will give him a hearing.
If a local Conservative association member is wavering over whether to vote to leave the EU, it will undoubtedly be reassuring to them that they don't have to - in David Cameron's words - "link arms with Nigel Farage".
Instead, they can now grasp the extended hand of friendship from their former leader.
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Lord Howard rejected suggestions that negotiating a trade-based relationship with the EU, similar to that which Norway and Switzerland have, would leave the UK with the "worst of all worlds" - with reduced access to the single market but still bound by a lot of EU rules and regulations.
"Norway is a country of five million people. We are a country of 65 million people. We won't have Norwegian-style agreement with the EU, we will have a British style agreement.
"We need a bit of self-belief and national self confidence. We are a great country - everyone wants access to our market. We won't be supplicants."
If the UK voted to leave, he suggested it could force EU leaders into negotiating a "different" kind of agreement with the UK, which could then be put to voters in a second referendum - a sequence of events that has been rejected by Mr Cameron as "for the birds".
Speaking in Shanghai, where he is attending a meeting of G20 finance ministers, Mr Osborne told BBC political editor Laura Kuenssberg that the economy faces more risks of uncertainty than at any point since the financial crisis in 2008.
Mr Osborne said talk of leaving the EU was "not some political parlour game", highlighting the recent fall in the value of the sterling to illustrate his point.
"This is about people's jobs and their livelihoods and their living standards, and in my judgement as chancellor leaving the EU would represent a profound economic shock for our country, for all of us and I'm going to do everything I can to prevent that happening."
Mr Cameron will highlight the economic case for membership on a visit to Wales as he continues to tour the UK campaigning to stay in the 28-member bloc.
He will tell voters that nearly half of Welsh trade is with the EU and the nation will be "better off" if the UK remains in. | Chancellor George Osborne has said if Britain voted to leave the EU it would cause a profound economic shock. |
Jose Amin Hernandez Manrique, known as Marquitos, was killed in the north-western province of Antioquia, the army said.
He led 13 ELN units in Antioquia and Bolivar provinces, according to the military.
The region is known for drugs and arms trafficking and illegal mining.
Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos, said on Twitter: "Alias Marquitos, commander of the Dario Martinez front and member of the national leadership of the ELN, has been killed. Congratulations to the armed forces."
The authorities believe Marquitos, also known as Marcos, was responsible for the 1999 hijacking of an aircraft with 46 passengers on board.
The ELN was founded in 1964 to fight Colombia's unequal distribution of land and wealth. It is now estimated to have about 2,000 active fighters.
The ELN has had exploratory talks but has not entered into peace negotiations with the government, unlike the country's largest left-wing rebel group, the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (Farc).
In April, the ELN's commander in chief, Nicolas RodrÃguez Bautista, told Reuters news agency that the agreement to start formal peace talks was 80% completed.
It is unclear whether Marquitos's death will affect preliminary talks, although many Colombians feel they have stalled, says the the BBC's Colombia correspondent Natalio Cosoy.
The Farc has called several times for the ELN to join their peace talks in the Cuban capital Havana. | The Colombian army says it has killed a top commander from the country's second largest guerrilla group, the National Liberation Army (ELN). |
Harjit Singh Dulai, 44, from Uxbridge, was attacked in Rosedale Park, off Albion Road, Hayes, on Wednesday.
He was taken to hospital but pronounced dead at about 20:30 GMT.
Five other men were arrested on suspicion of murder. Four were bailed and one released without charge.
The 16-year-old was arrested on Sunday and is being held in custody, Met Police said.
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A post-mortem examination gave the cause of Mr Dulai's death as a stab wound.
Det Ch Insp Noel McHugh, who appealed for witnesses to contact police, said: "There are people who will know exactly what happened to Harjit." | A 16-year-old boy has been arrested on suspicion of murder after a man was stabbed to death near tennis courts in a west London park. |
The Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 187.03 points to 17,908.28.
The S&P 500 climbed 20.70 points to 2,082.42, while the tech-heavy Nasdaq added 58.68 points to 4,554.72.
Shares in JP Morgan climbed 4.2%, despite reporting a first quarter drop in profit to $5.52bn from $5.91bn a year earlier.
The news lifted shares of other US banks. Bank of America gained 3.9% and Wells Fargo was up 2.6%. Both banks report their earnings on Thursday.
Cable and wireless company Verizon fell 1.3% after 40,000 workers walked off the job. Verizon and labour unions have failed to reach a deal for a new contract and the strikes attracted the attention of presidential candidates.
Investors mostly ignored lacklustre US data suggesting the economy had stumbled in the first quarter.
US retail sales fell 0.3% in March as households cut back on purchases of cars and spending in restaurants, the Commerce Department said.
In a separate report, the Labor Department said its producer price index slipped 0.1% last month after dropping 0.2% in February. | (Close): US shares closed higher on Wednesday as a better-than expected earnings report from JP Morgan lifted bank stocks. |
The UK-based household goods maker said it saw "no merit, either financial or strategic" in Kraft's offer, worth about $143bn (£115bn).
But Kraft, which makes Heinz ketchup, indicated it would continue working on a deal, sending shares in Unilever surging more than 13%.
The deal would be one of the biggest in corporate history.
It would combine Unilever's dozens of household names, including Ben & Jerry's ice cream, Dove soap, and Hellmann's mayonnaise, with Kraft's own wide range, such as Philadelphia cheese and Heinz baked beans.
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Anglo-Dutch giant Unilever, which has 7,500 employees in the UK, said the offer from Kraft "fundamentally undervalued" the company.
"Unilever does not see the basis for any further discussions," it added.
Kraft, which is part-owned by US billionaire Warren Buffett, said it had made "a comprehensive proposal" and looked "forward to working to reach agreement on the terms of a transaction".
The US food company attracted political scrutiny when it bought Cadbury in 2010, although it later spun the UK chocolate maker off into another company.
A takeover of Unilever could raise concerns about job cuts and would likely be examined by competition regulators, analysts said.
With so many brands, the firms would be in a stronger position to raise prices, said Neil Wilson, an analyst at London broker ETX Capital.
"The combined entity would have a huge brand footprint and be able to flex bargain muscles even more with supermarkets," Mr Wilson said.
Takeovers are like those strange mating rituals you see on Planet Earth narrated by David Attenborough.
Kraft Heinz has approached Unilever about getting together and making an even bigger business with a huge family of brands.
Unilever has spurned the offer and is looking aloof, saying not only the proposal was too cheap but also that it "sees no merit, either financial or strategic....Unilever does not see the basis for any further discussions".
Quite a slap in the face you might think but faint heart ne'er won fair hand. If Kraft Heinz offered a lot more money it might look a bit more attractive to Unilever.
Although whether the competition and takeover authorities would bless the union is another matter.
It would create a behemoth that could dominate many consumer sectors from food to soap and might stifle competition; many societies have rules against that kind of relationship.
"It could come up against a number of hurdles as it would create a giant in the sector. EU regulators in particular could be against it," Mr Wilson said.
Unilever clashed with UK supermarket Tesco in October over its attempts to raise prices to compensate for the steep drop in the value of the pound.
The consumer goods giant has over a dozen sites across the UK, including three major plants in Liverpool, Norwich and Gloucester.
A UK government spokesman said: "This is clearly an important potential deal for a major company in the UK and its workforce. We continue to monitor the situation closely."
If the deal went through, it would be the second biggest ever, behind Vodafone's $183bn takeover of Germany's Mannesmann in 2000, according to Dealogic.
Kraft's offer was at an 18% premium to Unilever's closing share price on Thursday, Unilever said.
The 13% rise in Unilever shares after the companies' announcements suggested investors were not fully convinced the deal would happen. Kraft shares rose 11% on Wall Street.
Still, analysts said Kraft was likely to return with another offer for Unilever, which reported net profit of 5.5bn euros (£4.7bn) last year.
"With Kraft Heinz saying it'll be coming back to the table, it looks like the initial offer was just to test the water," said Nicholas Hyett, equity analyst at Hargreaves Lansdown.
Mr Buffett's investment fund Berkshire Hathaway and Brazilian private equity firm 3G are major investors in Kraft.
Kraft merged with Heinz in 2015 to create one of America's biggest food companies.
In 2010, Kraft bought Cadbury for £11.5bn, but it no longer owns the UK chocolate maker after spinning it off in a company called Mondelez. | Unilever, whose brands include Marmite and PG Tips, has strongly rejected a takeover bid from US giant Kraft Heinz. |
The 23-year-old told police she was dragged into bushes and assaulted on Redcote Lane, Kirkstall, at about 17:50 BST on Monday.
Daniel Paton, aged 30, from Bramley, has been charged with kidnap and assault occasioning actual bodily harm.
He remains in custody and is due to appear at Leeds Magistrates' Court later.
Mr Paton was initially arrested on suspicion of attempted murder and attempted rape. | A man has been charged with an attack on a woman near a river bridge in Leeds. |
The 37-year-old outpaced his Yahama Movistar team-mate Jorge Lorenzo to claim his first victory of the season.
The Italian now trails championship leader Marc Marquez by 24 points after four races of the 18-race series.
Spain's Marquez finished third on the Honda, while Northern Ireland's Eugene Laverty came in a creditable ninth.
Cal Crutchlow took 11th place on the LCR Honda ahead of fellow Briton Bradley Smith on his Monster Tech 3 Yamaha.
It is the first time since 2009 that the race has not been won by a Spanish rider.
Rossi, who qualified in pole, seemed momentarily to have been passed by defending champion Lorenzo on lap two, but managed to regain the lead in the same manoeuvre.
"I think this was the perfect weekend because we started to go faster from Friday morning," Rossi told BT Sport 2.
"We worked very well with the team. I had a good start, we had good pace and I felt good with the bike from the beginning."
Marquez, who won back-to-back victories in Argentina and the United States in the previous two races, leads the standings with 82 points, with Lorenzo second on 65 points and Rossi a further eight points behind in third.
The next race takes place at Le Mans in France on 8 May.
Spain result:
1. Valentino Rossi (Italy) Yahama 45m 28.834s
2 Jorge Lorenzo (Spain) Yamaha +2.386
3. Marc Marquez (Spain) Honda +7.087
4. Dani Pedrosa (Spain) Honda +10.351
5. Aleix Espargaro (Spain) Suzuki +14.143
6. Maverick Viñales (Spain) Suzuki +16.772
7. Andrea Iannone (Italy) Ducati +26.277
8, Pol Espargaro (Spain) Yamaha +30.750
9. Eugene Laverty (Northern Ireland) Ducati +32.325
10. Hector Barbera (Spain) Ducati +32.624 | Nine-time world champion Valentino Rossi led from the start to secure victory in the Spanish MotoGP at the Circuito de Jerez. |
For the first time, MPs have agreed in a vote that we will begin the process of leaving the EU by the end of March.
The government chief whip was seen with a massive grin after tonight's vote.
Remember ministers' climbdown came with a clever kicker, persuading Labour to sign up to their timetable for triggering Article 50 without committing to very much in return - the vague promise of a plan that could be as detailed as the back of the proverbial fag packet.
There's grumpiness on the Labour benches at how it was handled - angry conversations taking place, sources suggest - a sense among some that the front bench allowed themselves to be hoodwinked by the government's cunning plan.
Potential Tory rebels on the Remain side are deeply suspicious of the government's real intentions for giving more information about its ideas for Brexit. They backed off today, but will be back for more, no question.
But beyond the immediate machinations and the chief whip's big grin, two realities are confirmed by the events of the last 24 hours.
Yes - the numbers tonight suggest not very many MPs will actually try to block Brexit, or frustrate the process. They will certainly try to push the government for more details. They will certainly try to amend the proposals that eventually make it to the Commons, whenever that is. That could disrupt and delay things, but trying to stop it happening is not on the agenda of the vast majority.
But what's equally clear is that Theresa May does not have a secure majority on the EU. As soon as her plans (eventually) hit the floor of the House, she's likely to have to compromise.
That is precisely why the government is fighting so hard just across the road in the Supreme Court to try to avoid MPs having a say before the really hard work in Brussels even begins. | It sailed through. |
The Scot, 26, stopped Joubert in the sixth round - a ninth win out of nine.
"I had to [get] over the clash of heads and cut in the first round," he told BBC Scotland. "It's a pretty nasty cut.
"I learned I can deal with having to get cuts and when it gets rough I can carry on with it. I kept myself nice and calm."
The 2014 Glasgow Commonwealth Games gold medallist has previously stated his ambition to fight fellow Scot and WBA super-lightweight champion Ricky Burns.
Taylor's promoter, former world champion Barry McGuigan, said: "We'd love that fight. That's a great fight, that's a magnificent fight down the line.
"He [Taylor] is impressive. He's so inventive. He's creating his own little style. Taylor has got that uniqueness about him, he's just so inimitable in everything he does.
"He's great to watch and he's definitely going to go the whole way. The difficulty for me now is how do I fill the gap between here and world championship fights because that's where he's capable of going?
"I need to have something else in the middle because once you make that step, there's no turning back. You can't go back and have easier fights where you can gain experience. That's my dilemma."
And Taylor added: "I'm quite happy where I am just now, maybe another defence of the Commonwealth, maybe even knock on the door of the European [title].
"I learned a lot about myself [against Joubert]. I was impressed with my own performance.
"I caught him clean a few times and he took them and he came back at me and hit me a couple of times himself.
"Once I started finding my range, started catching him with good shots, it didn't take me long once I caught him clean." | Josh Taylor says he "learned a lot about himself" in his Commonwealth super-lightweight title defence against South Africa's Warren Joubert. |
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Daley, 21, and Reid, who turned 20 on Monday, won the mixed 3m synchronised event with a score of 321.06 at the Olympic Park Aquatics Centre in London.
Daley told BBC Sport: "I can't believe what has just happened.
"Grace and I were only put together 10 days ago and to come away with a European gold on a board that I never train on, I'm just over the moon."
Italians Maicol Verzotto and Tania Cagnotto took silver and Russians Nadezhda Bazhina and Nikita Shleikher bronze.
Daley will also compete in the synchronised 10m platform on Thursday and individual 10m on Sunday.
Reid, who will compete in the individual 3m springboard on Saturday, said: "Today was a great day and there's a lot to take away from it and just build on it this season.
"My eyes are on the Olympic trials (in June), but there's another event to go here first."
This is the first European diving final in which men and women have competed together.
Mixed events were included for the first time at last year's World Championships following approval by international governing body Fina in late 2014.
Georgia Ward and Matty Lee won team bronze for Britain on Monday. | Tom Daley and Grace Reid won Great Britain's first gold medal of the 2016 European Aquatics Championships. |
Kevin O'Malley told RTÉ's Marian Finucane Show that he expects the trip to happen within the next 12 months.
Mr Obama visited Ireland in May 2011.
During the trip, he went to his ancestral home in the small village of Moneygall, Co Offaly.
Mr O'Malley paid tribute to President Obama as a "spectacular leader and role model" whose "character is impeccable".
"The last sentence that President Obama said to me on Wednesday of this week when we were saying goodbye was 'please tell them (Ireland) I'm coming'.
Mr Obama will officially leave the White House when President-elect Donald Trump is inaugurated on 20 January. | The outgoing US President Barack Obama could visit Ireland again after he leaves the White House, the US Ambassador to Ireland has said. |
Police discovered the panda's skin and 9.75kg (22lb) of meat in a raid in December, CCTV reported.
Officers said the panda was shot dead by two brothers in Zhaotong in southern Yunnan province.
Thousands of people responded to the news on the Chinese social media site, Weibo, and condemned the crime.
Panda poaching is extremely rare in China where the endangered animals are seen as a national treasure.
"To the Chinese, giant panda is more than an animal. It's a spiritual symbol. The case needs to be dealt with severely to stop any further incidents like this," said one Weibo user called Gloomy Thick Eyebrows.
Another user, Brilliant, said: "Deplorable! These guys are heartless."
But Cuozao Worker said: "Why I can't see as much media coverage when a man is killed?"
In 2014, there were only about 1,864 pandas left in the wild, all in China.
Images posted on the Weibo showed a bloodied black-and-white pelt laid out on the ground.
Photographs also showed a parcel of red meat and two long bones. The China Daily newspaper said parts of the panda's skull and its gall bladder were also found.
Police said the panda was an adult female.
The two hunters and one person who allegedly bought the panda meat were among those arrested, but the identity of the other seven people was not disclosed.
The International Union for the Conservation of Nature lists giant pandas as endangered, but their numbers have almost doubled since the late 1970s.
Hunting pandas can lead to a 10-year sentence - or, in what the Chinese government calls "grave circumstances", life imprisonment or even a death sentence can be applied. | Ten people have been held in China on suspicion of hunting a panda to sell its fur and meat, Chinese state television says. |
A thrilling quarter-final tie in Suwon, South Korea, was settled in extra-time by a goal from Luca Vido.
The Zambians paid dearly for giving the Italian play-maker the freedom of the Zambian penalty area in the second period of extra-time.
The Zambians will also be kicking themselves for failing to take advantage of playing against 10 men following the expulsion of Giuseppe Pezzella just before half-time.
Pezzella received a straight red card for a professional foul on goal-bound Edward Chilufya.
Although the referee awarded Zambia a penalty before reversing his decision after consulting the video assistant referee, he still sent Pezzella off.
Zambia had got off to a dream start at the Suwon World Cup stadium when Patson Daka scored after just three minutes.
Daka found himself at the end of a glorious pass from Emmanuel Banda and beat Italian goalkeeper Andrea Zaccagno from close range.
Zambia could and should have doubled their advantage in the 14th minute when Emmanuel Banda's free-kick was blocked by Zaccagno but Chilufya and Fashion Sakala arrived late for the rebound.
But five minutes after the break, the Italians equalised when Riccardo Orsolini headed past Mangani Banda for his fourth goal of the tournament.
Six minutes from time Sakala's superb strike - his fourth goal of the campaign - looked to have won it for the reigning African champions.
But with a place in the semi-finals tantalisingly close, a brilliant free-kick by Federico Dimarco four minutes later sent the game into extra-time.
With penalties looming, Vido broke Zambian hearts when he put away one of the many chances that littered this thrilling contest.
The late strike not only knocked out Zambia but also sent the Italians into a semi-final showdown with England, who beat Mexico 1-0 in their quarter-final. | Zambia's hopes of becoming only the second African nation to win the Under-20 World Cup are over after a 3-2 defeat to Italy on Monday. |
Olmstead joined Scottish in January, having previously played for Australian club Parramatta Two Blues and Calgary-based Prairie Wolf Pack.
The 25-year-old has won seven international caps for Canada.
"He will fit in well with the type of game we are trying to implement," said director of rugby Dean Richards.
"He is a typically hard Canadian player who brings a real no-nonsense edge to his play." | Premiership side Newcastle Falcons have signed Canada lock Evan Olmstead from Championship club London Scottish on a deal starting from next season. |
Amal El-Wahabi, 28, tried to trick a friend into carrying 20,000 euros (£15,800) to Turkey, the court heard.
Judge Nicholas Hilliard QC told El-Wahabi that she knew her husband Aine Davis was involved in fighting and she was sending him cash to help his cause.
Davis, a former drug dealer with a conviction for possessing a firearm, left the UK in July 2013.
The judge said El-Wahabi should spend half the sentence in prison and then be released to spend the remainder on licence. He said the length of the sentence had been influenced by the fact that she was the mother of two young children.
In January this year, Davis, also known as Hamza, asked his wife to arrange the delivery of cash to neighbouring Turkey.
El-Wahabi, from north London, persuaded an old school friend, Nawal Msaad, to act as courier in return for 1,000 euros.
However, the plan fell apart when Ms Msaad was stopped at Heathrow Airport and confirmed to police that she was carrying the cash. A court later heard claims that she had hidden it in her underwear.
Ms Msaad told the trial earlier this year that she did not realise what the cash was for - and she was found not guilty of being part of the plot.
Sentencing El-Wahabi, Judge Hilliard said that there was clear evidence that Davis had gone to Syria to fight under the black flag of Isis and also that he had "no true regard" for her.
"I am also satisfied that you knew he was engaged in violence with guns for extremist religious and ideological reasons and knew the money you were sending was destined for that purpose."
Judge Hilliard said that her two children, aged five and 17 months, had been "innocent victims" of the crime.
In mitigation, Mark Summers QC, appealed for a suspended sentence saying that El-Wahabi had lived under the "constant threat" that her husband would leave her for another wife in Syria.
But prosecutor Kate Wilkinson said that El-Wahabi had stayed in contact with Davis and had encouraged his activities.
She had sent one message saying that "it will be good for your body and soul".
Judge Hilliard said: "I am satisfied that the initiative for this offence must have come from Aine Davis and you committed it because you were infatuated with him and thought he might provide for you and your two children.
"You even contemplated taking your children to Turkey to be nearer their father, when it should have been obvious to you it was in their interests they should be as far away from him as possible."
Acting Commander Terri Nicholson of the Metropolitan Police's Counter-Terrorism Command said: "A necessary component of terrorism is finance. Whether the funding of terrorism takes place in the UK or overseas, the offences are serious and will be subject to thorough investigation. In this case, a large quantity of cash was seized which would otherwise have supported terrorist activity in the Syrian conflict.
"This conviction should be viewed as a very clear message not to support those engaged in terrorism. There are well established charities through which people can donate for humanitarian purposes in Syria.
"These charities have experience in providing such assistance in high risk, insecure and dangerous environments. Donations must be made via these routes." | A London woman convicted of funding her husband fighting in Syria has been jailed at the Old Bailey for 28 months. |
Nick Mann, 35, and brother Robert, 32, had been to see Shrewsbury Town's match at Portsmouth on Saturday.
Robert fell on to the Tube tracks at Old Street station, London, and Nick was hit by a train as he tried to help. He died in hospital on Sunday.
Fans at Shrewsbury's match held a minutes' applause in honour of Nick, who had followed the club all his life.
His photo was shown on the scoreboard in the 35th minute of the team's match against Dagenham & Redbridge on Friday, prompting fans to begin the tribute.
Both brothers were originally from the Shropshire town and had regularly attended fixtures around the country.
Tweeting shortly after watching the team beat Portsmouth 2-0 on Saturday, Nick had described it as one of his favourite away days of the season.
Paying tribute, Shrewsbury Town FC said its thoughts were with his friends and family.
A journalist and press officer, Nick was a big music fan, writing for a number of websites.
His brother Robert is still in a critical but stable condition at the Royal London Hospital.
British Transport Police (BTP) said they were not treating the incident as suspicious, adding that it appeared to be a "tragic accident".
One eyewitness described watching Nick hit by the train as he attempted to pull his brother off the line. | Football fans have paid tribute to a supporter who was hit by a train while trying to rescue his brother. |
Hualing Industry and Trade Group will invest in Scarborough Group-led schemes in Leeds, Salford and Sheffield with a gross value of £1.2bn.
The projects are expected to create 18,000 jobs and 10,000 new homes.
Mr Osborne is in Xinjiang, in China, on a trade visit partly aimed at boosting funding for the "Northern Powerhouse".
The three projects are:
Scarborough Group chairman Kevin McCabe said: "As a family business with its roots in the north of England, we are now very proud to bring our partners in China to the UK to invest in our great northern cities and to accelerate the development of our major projects in Manchester, Leeds and Sheffield.
"Our partnership with the Hualing Group is a new and exciting one for Scarborough and we look forward to working with them over the coming years to bring our northern projects to fruition."
Mr Osborne said: "We are building an ever closer relationship with China - it's a partnership that is set to unleash growth and help regions like Xinjiang where we know investment can make a real difference, as well as unleash new growth back home, in places like our own Northern Powerhouse."
Julie Dore, leader of Sheffield City Council, welcomed the investment and said she hoped "additional investment from China" would follow as a result of the trade delegation.
"The Digital Campus has been extremely successful in developing new technological businesses in Sheffield and this investment will allow us to take this scheme forward to ensure we remain at the cutting edge of new developments well into the 21st Century," she added. | Chancellor George Osborne has announced a multi-million pound Chinese investment in three property projects in northern England. |
Procter made a dogged 137, his highest first-class score, and Alviro Petersen a sparkling 81 in a total of 465, a first-innings lead of 347.
It would have been greater had it not been for a fiery and entertaining spell from Tino Best, who took 5-90.
Jimmy Adams fell to Jimmy Anderson early in Hampshire's second innings as they closed on 22-1, 325 runs behind.
Their quest to avoid an innings defeat will be aided by a surface that remains true, albeit with some turn on offer to the spinners.
Indeed, the way Lancashire piled on the runs on a hot day further highlighted the inadequacy of Hampshire's meagre first-innings 109.
Procter was at first in the company of Haseeb Hameed, who made a careful 62 before edging the impressive leg-spin of Mason Crane to slip, with Petersen then arriving to make batting look easier than anyone else in the match.
While the South African busily accumulated and punished anything loose, Procter, favouring the leg side, registered his second first-class century.
It was when Petersen was caught hooking Best that Lancashire began to slide in the face of some thrilling, hostile bowling from the West Indian.
Procter was caught pulling, while Liam Livingstone had his stumps uprooted and James Anderson was comprehensively bowled.
Faced with such a huge deficit, Hampshire instantly lost Adams, who edged a beauty from Anderson, before Michael Carberry and England hopeful James Vince watchfully ensured there were no further loses.
Luke Procter told BBC Radio Lancashire:
"I'm over the moon. To get a century at Old Trafford was one of my boyhood dreams and it's come true. I didn't really think about it when I was out there. I just kept batting.
"The bowlers did a fantastic job for us in the first innings and then for us to put 450 on the board is fantastic. We just wanted to bat all day. There was no rush with how fast we got our runs.
"Haseeb is really good to bat with. He is calm and that calms you down. Alviro was great too. He puts the pressure back on the bowlers. When they come hard at us he goes back hard at them.
"Ashwell Prince batted at three last year and it's obviously big boots to fill bit I've really enjoyed it. I've had a few starts so it's good to get a century on the board."
Tino Best told BBC Radio Solent:
"Mason Crane bowled beautifully. For a 19-year-old leg spinner to have that much control is amazing. England have produced a quality leg spinner. He is really one for the future.
"He kept it tight and it gave me the opportunity to really run in and express myself. That's why Hampshire have brought me. At the end of the day, you only have a short while to play this game and I'm 35 this summer. But I'm fit and strong and I'm always ready to go and to commit myself.
"The sun was warm, the wicket was flat and I thought to myself that this is just like first-class cricket in Barbados. But you still have to run in hard and bowl quick and that's what Hampshire are paying me to do.
"The best wicket for me was getting Steven Croft. He is a good player who can take the game away from you. Alviro Petersen was a prize wicket too. It was a good battle. West Indies versus South Africa. And I'm not going to back down. I knew he was going to play his pulls but I made sure he didn't pull me out of the park because I back myself. That was a big wicket as he is a class act." | Lancashire built a huge lead with the help of Luke Procter's century on day two against Hampshire at Old Trafford. |
A senior executive, Hikaru Kimura, expressed remorse at a ceremony in Los Angeles that prisoners had been put to work in mines operated by the firm.
It is believed to be the first such apology by a Japanese company.
One of the few surviving former US prisoners forced to work in Japan was present to accept the apology.
James Murphy, 94, said this was "a glorious day... for 70 years we wanted this."
"I listened very carefully to Mr Kimura's statement of apology and found it very very sincere, humble and revealing," he added.
"We hope that we can go ahead now and have a better understanding, a better friendship and closer ties with our ally, Japan."
Relatives of other former prisoners were also present at the ceremony, held at the Simon Wiesenthal Centre.
Mitsubishi is acting independently of the Japanese government which has already issued a formal apology to American prisoners.
Japanese government officials say that it is an important gesture ahead of the 70th anniversary of the end of the war in August.
"We hope this will spur other companies to join in and do the same." said Rabbi Abraham Cooper, associate dean at the Simon Wiesenthal Centre.
The mines operated at four locations run by Mitsubishi's predecessor company, Mitsubishi Mining Co.
Only two living survivors could be located to accept the apology, and, only Mr Murphy was fit enough to make the trip to Los Angeles, local media reported.
About 500 American POWs were forced to work in the mines from among the thousands of allied, Philippine, Korean and Chinese prisoners who were pushed into slave labour by the Japanese.
Mr Murphy told US media earlier that he spent a year at a copper mine near Hanawa, an experience he described as "a complete horror".
"It was slavery in every way: no food, no medicine, no clothing, no sanitation," he said, adding that it was all the more galling to know that Mitsubishi built fighter aircraft used against American forces.
He said that, while he had forgiven his captors, he still wanted the apology for his ordeal.
Although no cash compensation is being offered by Mitsubishi, the apology was "a big deal", he had said.
Correspondents say it is not clear why the apology has come so long after the war.
The Japanese government officially apologised to American former POWs five years ago. | Japan's Mitsubishi corporation has made a landmark apology for using US prisoners of war as forced labour during World War Two. |
Derry City and Strabane District Council lent its support to the move after a meeting with the Derry Comhaltas on Tuesday.
An estimated 400,000 people attended the event in 2013 when it was brought to Northern Ireland for the first time.
It is the biggest festival of Irish music and culture anywhere in the world.
Evelyn Ni Dochartaigh is one of the organisers of the Fleadh. She said £1m in funding will be needed if the city is to host the festival once more.
"Within the euphoria of the 2013 fleadh there was widespread support that we would bid again. We put a proposal to the business and culture committee yesterday, it was unanimously supported but it does still need to be ratified by full council.
"The local authorities are crucial in this process, especially in terms of finances. We could do it for a million, that is what we are asking for, even though it cost around 1.6 million in 2013."
Ms Ni Dochartaigh also believes that any financial backing by taxpayers will be returned handsomely.
"What you don't want is people to say the first fleadh was great, this isn't so good. So we will tailor it to fit the cost. The economic benefits will outweigh that anyway, so it is a no-brainer." | Organisers who brought the All-Ireland Fleadh Cheoil to Londonderry will bid for the festival to return in 2017. |
Police said a 24-year-old man was the victim of a "paramilitary style shooting" in Flax Street on Sunday.
Sinn Féin MLA Carál Ní Chuilín said people in Ardoyne were disgusted that the shooting happened while a community festival was taking place.
"This young man was shot only yards from the entrance to the venue of the Ardoyne Fleadh where thousands of people had gathered," she said.
"This was a cowardly and despicable attack and local people are also horrified that it was carried out in full view of children who were going to the festival.
"The thugs who carried out this attack represent no one.
"They should immediately end their campaign of violence and threats against the people of Ardoyne.
"Anyone who has any information on this attack should bring it to the police."
The man was taken to hospital for treatment. His injuries are not life-threatening. | A man has been shot in the legs in north Belfast. |
The child's body was found in Broadway, Sheerness, on 4 March.
The girl, arrested five days later, has been released after a post-mortem examination found the child was stillborn.
Kent Police confirmed there would not be an inquest into the death.
The remains had been found just before 12:50 GMT and the remnants of a small fire were also found at the scene, police said. | A teenage girl has been released without charge after the remains of a newborn baby were found in a Kent street. |
The hit single has been played 4.6 billion times across all streaming services, overtaking Justin Bieber's Sorry, which previously held the title.
"What's happened with this song is just insane," said Fonsi, who hails from Puerto Rico and sings in Spanish.
"I don't want to use the word accident because I was trying to write a hit, but I didn't plan for it to cross over.
"I just wanted to make people dance."
The 39-year-old said the global success of his song - which has reached number one in 35 countries, including the UK - gave him hope in the current political climate.
"I come from Puerto Rico and I live in Miami. We're living in an interesting time right now when people want to divide us. They want to build walls.
"And for a song to bring people and cultures together, that's what makes me proud."
Despacito is a sun-bleached slice of sensual reggaeton. The title translates as "slowly", referring to the speed of Fonsi's seduction technique.
It hit number one around Latin America when it was released in January, but only caught fire in the English-speaking world after Justin Bieber heard the song in a nightclub and asked to add a verse.
His version of the song - known as Despacito (Remix) - has become a phenomenon on streaming services, most notably Spotify and Apple Music. It is already the fourth most-played video of all time on YouTube, where it is rapidly closing in on the top three, all of which are years old.
The head of Universal Music Group, Sir Lucian Grainge, said the success of Despacito showed how streaming was democratising the music market.
"Streaming has allowed a song with a different beat, from a different culture, in a different language, to become this juggernaut of success and pleasure," he told the BBC.
"The industry has predominantly been English-speaking artists for the last 50 years [but] streaming will continue to open up music from Latin America artists globally.
"Anything and everywhere is up for grabs."
Of course, records will continue to be broken alongside the growth of streaming services - which give users access to a vast library of on-demand music for a monthly fee.
In March, Spotify announced it had attracted 50 million subscribers. Apple Music, which is yet to reach its second birthday, has already attracted 27 million paying customers; while Google Play, Amazon Unlimited, Deezer and YouTube and dozens of others have contributed to Despacito's success.
Critics might point out that the song would never have achieved such visibility without Bieber's contribution, but Sir Lucian was candid about how Universal had harnessed the star's brand power.
"Bringing in Justin Bieber meant that we could take something that was well on its way, and really take it to heights that would have been perceived as unimaginable when the song was written," he told the BBC.
"We were at one level, and he helped us get to the next."
Fonsi also paid tribute to Bieber's contribution, and reflected on his breathtaking success in a phone interview from Lisbon.
Hi Luis! How does it feel to have the most-streamed song in history?
It's been an incredible ride. Pretty much from the start it has just been crazy. Obviously it was a snowball effect. It started first with my more traditional market - the Latin American market. But we had an instant response. I got phone calls congratulating me from people who don't normally call.
Is it a source of pride that Despacito is predominantly a Spanish-language song?
Yeah, that's the beauty behind it. The original version, which I did just with Daddy Yankee, was in Spanish then four months later, Justin Bieber jumps in [and] adds a verse at the beginning in English.
It was his choice to keep the chorus in Spanish - because we had an English lyric for it - but he wanted to stay true to the original version.
Now I'm getting videos from different parts of the world, listening to people trying to nail the Spanish, trying to learn a bit of Spanish through the song.
Have you forgiven Justin for butchering the song when he performed it live? (The singer sang "burrito" and "dorito" instead of the Spanish lyrics)
Yeah, you know, it's not his language. If he was saying he could speak Spanish and he couldn't, I'd be like, "Hey man". But I don't think he's ever come out and said he's a Spanish-speaker. He just wanted to do the song because he loved it. And I think you have to tip your hat to him, because he took the time to phonetically learn the chorus in Spanish.
I know that that takes time [because] I've actually done the song in different languages myself. I've just done the song in Portuguese, and Portuguese is very similar to Spanish, but it was very hard for me to nail that version. And if you were to ask me to sing it now in Portuguese, I wouldn't have a clue where to start!
So I think we just have to let it go.
Why has it become so popular?
This is a question I've been asked a lot but, for some reason, I don't have the perfect answer for it. I think it's the sum of lots of little things.
Obviously, it's a very catchy melody. The way the chorus starts "Des-Pa-Ci-To" is very easy to remember. And it's almost impossible not to move when you hear the track, even if you're not a dancer. And obviously you add Justin Bieber to that, and it brings another angle to all of this.
But I wish I knew exactly what the secret was, so I could apply it to all my future songs!
What is the strangest place you've heard it?
It probably hasn't been anywhere too strange - but you walk into a restaurant, or you're at a traffic light and the car next to you is listening to it… It's just insane! I can't help but smile.
Just today, I heard a Hebrew version of Despacito. Yesterday, I had some friends who were visiting Croatia and it was playing there. People are sending me all kinds of different versions.
Maybe you should edit them together - like Pharrell did with Happy.
Yeah, you know what? I'm compiling a bunch of footage and audio from all the different versions that have been done in all the different languages and I want to edit it together. It's so amazing. It makes me proud that the world's coming together.
I come from Puerto Rico and I live in Miami. We're living in an interesting time right now when people want to divide us, they want to build walls, and for a song to bring people and cultures together, I think that's what makes me proud. Music has that power. It might sound cheesy but I do believe music brings us together.
Did you see that Canadian PM Justin Trudeau put you on his summer playlist?
Oh really, I didn't know that! That guy has good taste!
How can you ever top something like this?
Oh, you don't. This is a once-in-a-lifetime thing. I don't want to be a pessimist about it. I don't want to be negative about it. But my next song, I can't approach it thinking, "How do I beat Despacito?"
Do you really expect to win the lottery twice? We just have to be grateful for what we've done and go forward.
Luis Fonsi was speaking to BBC Music's Kev Geoghegan.
Follow us on Facebook, on Twitter @BBCNewsEnts, or on Instagram at bbcnewsents. If you have a story suggestion email [email protected]. | Luis Fonsi's Despacito has become the most-streamed song of all time, just six months after it was released. |
It is all relative, of course. No F1 grand prix is without challenge and jeopardy. But Yas Marina's large run-off areas, dearth of challenging corners, manicured backdrop and predictable weather are a world away from the intensity of Interlagos.
It looks lovely on television, with its painted borders and the shimmering Yas Viceroy hotel, the race start held at sunset, and the cars glimmering under lights.
But the track itself? Well, this is what Ferrari driver Kimi Raikkonen said when he first experienced it in 2009: "The first few turns are quite good, but the rest of it is rubbish." Except he used a ruder word than rubbish.
It is a pleasant enough weekend. Everything works. The weather is nice, especially when the sun has gone down. But as a race track, it is unremarkable.
This seems a shame, given that it was built virtually with cost no object. Why spend all that money to come up with something so… mundane?
This is the third time in its eight years in F1 that Abu Dhabi will host the championship showdown and on the face of it, it is hard to see how Nico Rosberg cannot end the weekend with his first title.
His Mercedes team-mate Lewis Hamilton excels in Abu Dhabi, especially in the last sector, where the sequence of right-angled corners fit perfectly with the way he brakes late and rotates the car into the corner using a combination of oversteer and impeccable feel and skill.
But to take a fourth title, Hamilton has to win the race and hope Rosberg finishes lower than third.
And on a track on which it is hard to see how any other team can challenge Mercedes, that will almost certainly take a mechanical failure. And the German, unlike Hamilton, has not had one of those all season.
BBC F1 analyst Allan McNish:
Rosberg goes to the final race of the season in Abu Dhabi on 25-27 November with a 12-point lead over Hamilton.
In pure mathematical terms, it is very difficult for Hamilton to take the title - he has to win with Rosberg lower than third.
Hamilton will go all out for the race win, and I think he will do it.
Rosberg will play the percentage game, because that is the right thing to do. There is no point taking any unnecessary risks, the risky race was Brazil.
But it is the final race, and you never quite know what will happen.
We have seen Abu Dhabi throw up a curve ball before - in 2010, when Fernando Alonso and Mark Webber were the top two in the championship and Ferrari focused so much on Webber that they let Sebastian Vettel get into a position to win the race and the title.
It is a different situation this year. There is no third contender, it won't rain and the circuit will suit Mercedes. So the race is between Hamilton and Rosberg.
But reliability and bad starts have played a role on a number of occasions this year.
Mainly, that has affected Hamilton but that's not to say that a last twist of the tale could not be in the other direction.
Andrew Benson - chief F1 writer
Subscribe to the BBC Sport newsletter to get our pick of news, features and video sent to your inbox. | After the rawness and drama of Brazil, it is a shame in some ways for the Formula 1 World Championship to be decided in the rather more sterile surroundings of Abu Dhabi. |
The 45-year-old, nicknamed the Sheriff of Pottingham, fought back from 5-2 down to triumph in Berlin.
World number 14 Carter, winner in 2013, claimed the first three frames.
But Hamilton, ranked 66 and hampered by a neck injury in recent years, chalked up breaks of 118, 73, 74 and 70 as he recovered to secure victory.
Hamilton's run to the final - his first since the 2002 China Open - included wins over the world number one and two, Mark Selby and Stuart Bingham.
The Nottingham potter, who briefly dropped off the main tour last year, was embraced by his father and mother as the crowd gave him a standing ovation after his victory.
"Dreams are made of this stuff," he said.
"It's been a fantastic week and I just can't ask for any more than this.
"I don't know what to do with the trophy as I've never had one."
Carter has won four ranking titles - the most recent in the World Open last summer was his first since being given the all-clear from lung cancer in 2014.
"Anthony played really well. He thoroughly deserved it. I'm delighted for him," Carter said.
Ronnie O'Sullivan, five-time world snooker champion, told Eurosport: "I was on the amateur circuit with him and his mum and dad were there all the time.
"He's very self-deprecating. Every professional in the game will be over the moon for him."
Jimmy White, six-time world championship runner-up: "He's a really nice guy. It's just a wonderful moment. He's given his whole life to the game." | England's Anthony Hamilton won the first ranking title of his 26-year career with a 9-6 victory over Ali Carter in the German Masters final. |
Konrad, 38, swam the equivalent of 290 lengths of an Olympic-size swimming pool after his 36-foot boat, which was on auto pilot, drifted away from him off the South Florida coast.
The United States Coast Guard reported that friends became concerned when he failed to return for dinner.
After up to 12 hours in the water, he had treatment for hypothermia symptoms.
He played 82 games for the Dolphins between 1999-2004. | Former Miami Dolphins running back Rob Konrad swam nine miles to shore after falling off his boat while fishing. |
The child, who apparently could not swim, was paddling in The Lagoon on the Western Esplanade in Southend just before 18:00 BST on Wednesday.
He wandered into a 2m-deep section and struggled to keep afloat before disappearing under the water.
Essex Police has appealed for his rescuer, who jumped in fully clothed to pull him to safety, to come forward.
Sgt Ian Hughes said: "There is no doubt that he saved the boy from drowning and deserves to be recognised for his quick-thinking and bravery.
"Unfortunately he left the scene soon after the rescue because his own son wanted to go on a ride at Adventure Island. His clothes were soaking wet but he wanted to make sure his son had that ride."
The boy, from Peckham in south London, was checked by paramedics and was found to have made a full recovery. | A six-year-old boy was saved from drowning in a seafront lagoon by a stranger, police have said. |
Akhtar Javeed, 56, from West Ham, was gunned down outside his warehouse in Digbeth, Birmingham on 3 February.
The 18-year-old was arrested in Derby on Thursday night and is in police custody.
A silver Renault Megane has also been seized and is being examined. Police had been looking for a similar car seen in the area at the time.
On the day of the shooting two masked men in a silver Renault Megane entered Direct Source 3 Ltd on Rea Street South, police have said.
Five staff members were handcuffed with cable ties and it appeared Mr Javeed was shot while fighting off the attackers.
He was found outside his business premises with a "major neck wound" and pronounced dead in hospital.
The robbers escaped empty-handed in the Renault Megane and turned on to McDonald Street, without their vehicle lights on, detectives said.
Det Ch Insp Martin Slevin of West Midlands Police said investigations into the Mr Javeed's death are continuing.
"We are still appealing for anyone who saw a silver Renault Megane in or around that time to get in touch," he said.
Detectives are also keen to speak to two people - a worker pushing a bike and a private hire taxi driver - also seen in the area at the time. | An 18-year-old man has been arrested in connection with a man shot and killed during a raid at his warehouse. |
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