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On Monday Reading Borough Council's cabinet agreed to introduce free services from 09:00 on weekdays. Currently free bus travel for people of pensionable age starts from 09:30 on weekdays. The changes would be funded from income collected from bus lane fines and are due to start in the autumn. The extra half an hour's free travel is expected to cost between £29,000 and £46,000 per year but would bring Reading into line with neighbouring Wokingham and West Berkshire councils. Reading Borough Council will write to all residents to advise them of the change and proposed start date.

وسيسمح لركاب الحافلات المسنين في ريدينغ بالسفر مجانا على الخدمات المحلية قبل نصف ساعة، بعد موافقة أعضاء المجلس على التغييرات.

من المقرر أن تبدأ حافلات القراءة المجانية لكبار السن مبكرًا

By Tracy OllerenshawNewsbeat reporter Yusuf's been in a gang since he was 15. He wears a stab vest when he leaves the flat he shares with his mum and carries a knife in his boxers because he fears he'll be killed if he can't defend himself. "I'd rather be judged by 12 than carried by six," he says, borrowing a Roddy Ricch lyric to make his point. Homelessness and domestic abuse feature heavily in Yusuf's past and he reckons there's an "80/20 chance" his future will involve prison. The 17-year-old - one of London's most notorious gang members - is speaking to Radio 1 Newsbeat in a London youth hub. Sitting on a white plastic chair beside his youth worker, Yusuf reels off some of the crimes he's been accused of - carrying acid, attempted murder, arming himself with a knife. It's the first of a number of chats we had with the teenager, as we spent six months last year inside an east London unit set up to tackle gang crime. As we knocked on doors with case workers and walked around Hackney estates with police who are on first name terms with gang members, we started to uncover what life is like for these young people. They told us about stabbings, fights over "inherited beef" and the meticulous planning that goes into journeys to avoid running into rivals. "One minute I'm going to the shop with my mate, the next minute I hear he's been stabbed," one 15-year-old says. Like Yusuf, he regularly wears a stab vest underneath his clothes. He tells us he's rarely in bed before 03:00 and struggles to get up in the morning. "Every other day police knock at the door," an 18-year-old says. He's recently been arrested over a murder, but he's been released. He speaks plainly about being knifed in the leg. "It was like a stab. Knife, blood. Couple of stitches." As we chat he constantly answers texts and calls on two phones. We later hear he's been jailed for county lines drug dealing. He tells us he'd like to rewind. "I'd go back in time. I know how everything is gonna end up. I'm here in my yard, it's safe. It's not safe out there." So how did these young men get here? Yusuf says most of the boys he started secondary school with are now in gangs. 'I gave up' He once dreamed of being a footballer, but says he was let down by school and a government that "only cares about itself". "They're not talking to the people in the council estates, they're talking to people in Chelsea," he says. He didn't have to look far for a different path. "I gave up on myself. In the borough like, this is the life. You don't need to look for it, it's there." What is the gangs unit? The idea behind the Hackney Integrated Gangs Unit- set up 10 years ago - was to bring all the people involved in working with gang crime together. Information is shared between police, probation officers, youth offending workers and mentors, who are often ex-gang members and they all sit in the same office. There also someone from the Department for Work and Pensions, to help with jobs and benefits. Staff at the unit offer all kinds of support for young people in the community, from "holding their hand" at a doctor's appointment to booking taxis to take them to school. PC Jamie Preston says the teenagers who end up in gangs are often - not always - from poor backgrounds. "They've usually not got much family, no money and they're living in London where you're surrounded by wealth. Rich people, flashy cars and all these kids want that," says PC Preston. "You've got young males from estates who've probably got a single-parent income, living in horrible conditions, no money. They see these older males with thousands of pounds in their pocket and they ask them to do something and give them money for it. "It's a no brainer, of course they're going to do it and this is how they get exploited." Yusuf's mentor - part of the team at the unit - fills us in on some of his background. He's been run over by a rival gang, caught with a sword and found in a house where drugs were being sold in Devon. He's been arrested a number of times. Youth worker Damion Roberts says: "He's put himself in that limelight - he wants everyone to know he's a very aggressive young man. He's putting fear in other people's minds. He's becoming very aggressive in this culture." 'I feel like Superman' Yusuf tells us he doesn't want to hurt people but wouldn't hesitate to stab someone if he felt he needed to. "No-one carries it for fashion - it's not for show. For me it's for my defence, if the time came I'd 100% be prepared to use it. It's either me or them." "I'd rather be in jail than dead, that's the reality." Carrying a weapon makes him feel powerful, he admits. "Like Superman - until it's time to run." Yusuf's gang is his family and he'd do anything to protect them. "I'm not saying I've stabbed someone. [But] in the future or whatever, I've got their back." London's gangs matrix When we met Yusuf he was on the Met Police's list of gang members and was number one on the Hackney unit's list. The gangs violence matrix was set up after the riots in 2011 and is used by officers to identify people likely to be involved in gang crime in London. Once on the list, names are assigned a red, amber or green rating. But it has been controversial - 374 people were removed from the matrix this year when the UK's data watchdog found it breached data protection laws. Close bonds are a common feature of the gang mentality, PC Preston says. "At the same time as being a gang, it's like a family to them. If you've got no family, you've been in care, no-one's ever bothered about you and you've got a group of males who look after you, fight for you, give you money - it is like a family. "That's what they actually crave, someone to look after them. And obviously they can make a lot of money at the same time." Damion says similar. "It's a sense of love and friendship that's supposed to be in the home but it's outside the home." 'People are dying' Yusuf describes clashes with rival gangs as "war" and says he tries to get into that mindset. "People get shot at, stabbed, people are dying. Just gotta think of it like this, 'I'm a soldier, soldiers do it [kill], if a soldier can do it I can do it.'" He says he only feels safe at home or at the youth hub. His days are filled with "hyper vigilance" and "paranoia". "You don't know what you're gonna hear. Who's gonna die next." He sees threats everywhere. "I don't like normal cars, speeding cars, cars going the wrong way up a one-way, tints, black cars, old cars, loud cars. I don't like dodgy licence plates." He wants out. "You want to leave. It's a sad life. There's nothing to be glamorised, people die, people die you know. Everybody wants to leave it. It's just about timing." For Michael, that time came after 12 years in and out of custody for drugs offences and robbery. He was first sent to a youth offender institution at just 13 years old. "I felt like it just reminded me of a youth centre with people I didn't know that I got to know. Besides that, that was it, you just had a bedtime and you couldn't leave and I didn't even think that bothered me. "Six months later, I got out." Now 26, he says crime was "just a way of life" and when asked if he ever felt bad or remorseful, he says: "Nah, I need to eat - that's what you're thinking." When we meet him he's working a 9-5 job and he's been out of prison for eight months. "Dealing drugs - running from the feds. I can't be doing this. I can't be running." He says he can't quite believe how much spare time he now has. Being in a gang is 24-7. "I feel more at ease now." Michael has changed his life but he knows it's not easy getting others to do the same. He tells us the kind of things designed to steer young gang members away from the streets - like mentors, day trips and restaurant outings - didn't stop him dealing drugs. PC Preston puts it simply. "As long as there is drugs and poverty, we'll always have a gang problem." At the gangs unit, analyst Mani says helping people to get out of the gangs lifestyle is "a long hard slog" and can take years. "It's a difficult lifestyle to get out of once you're fully entrenched. And actually, what we need to do is say to that young person, 'We're not going to leave you'." That's what happened for Michael, who says he owes a lot to his probation officer at the unit. "Things are going well and I still got her... still by my side. She's like family... I can't even argue with her, man." Michael now wants to go into prisons to talk to young people like him. He's even speaking to his MP about it. And what about Yusuf? Our final chat with him is ahead of his sentencing for carrying a knife and taking acid into a council building. He tells us his mindset has shifted. "The way I think is different. If I carry [a weapon] now and get stopped they know my face. Before, carrying is carrying. There's other ways to feel safe - planning what times I go out and what route. My decision making is different, I'm just gonna be more smart. "I can't be getting caught with a sword and stuff, that's done" Six days before Christmas, he stands before magistrates in a suit bought for him on a day out with his case worker, hoping if he's jailed he'll be out before his 18th birthday. He's told his mum not to come - he doesn't want her to see him in the dock - but she calls incessantly. Magistrates give him a 12-month referral order - which means he will stay under the supervision of a youth offending team - and he calls a friend. "Come get me - I didn't go down." A year on and PC Preston says Yusuf's not been arrested or come to police notice since. He's still on the gangs matrix and will stay there until his criminal behaviour order ends next December. PC Preston says officers will visit him once a month to check in and "ask him how he's getting on." "He's enrolled in college - I believe he's attending regularly and doing well," he tells us. "He seems to be turning his life around." Some names in this article have been changed to protect the identity of contributors.

"إذا لم تثبت نفسك فسوف يتم الدوس عليك. لا يمكنك أن تكون مُهدرًا."

الحياة في عصابة: "أنت لا تعرف من سيموت بعد ذلك"

'I saw people dying right in front of me' "I heard screaming, yelling. I turned back and saw this truck," Rocco Cignielli, 42, told AFP news agency. "He was going in and out, back and forth, zigzagging. He just kept on going. "I saw there were people lying on the ground. I saw they were doing heart compression, and I saw two people dying right here in front of me." 'The truck continued going and going' Taxi driver Nana Agyeman Badu said the van had been heading south towards the city centre and then suddenly swerved on to the pavement. "I thought maybe he was making a delivery. But I was thinking, 'Why would he drive in the pedestrian walkway like that?' Very fast. Then I saw he had already run over some people. "A lady was walking towards the car close to a bus shelter. The truck pinged the lady through the bus shelter and she fell back and all the broken glass fell on to her. I stopped and ran out to help her. The truck continued going and going and going." 'My friend was gone' Michele Kelman, who works on Yonge Street, said she was returning to her office with a friend after lunch when they heard screams. She told the Globe and Mail that she turned and saw bodies flying through the air. The front of the white van was heading straight towards her. She said she tried to shield herself and the van shot past without touching her. But when she turned back her friend had gone. "I couldn't find her body for a while. There were a few around. And there were people trying to bring her back," she recalled. Ms Kelman declined to name her friend because her family had not yet been notified of her death. 'There are so many people lying on the streets' Alex Shaker told CTV television that the driver was travelling "really fast". "All I could see was just people one by one getting knocked out, knocked out, one by one," he said. "There are so many people lying down on the streets." 'It was awful... brutal' Phil Zullo said he saw victims "strewn all over the road". He told told Canadian Press: "I must have seen about five, six people being resuscitated by bystanders and by ambulance drivers. It was awful... brutal."

دهست شاحنة مستأجرة مشاة في شارع مزدحم بمدينة تورونتو الكندية، مما أسفر عن مقتل 10 أشخاص وإصابة 15 آخرين. هنا، يصف شهود عيان رؤية السيارة وهي تصعد على الرصيف في شارع يونج المزدحم وتسير بسرعة لمسافة 2 كيلومتر تقريبًا (1.24 ميل)، وتسحق المشاة. وتم القبض على السائق المشتبه به ويتم استجوابه.

هجوم تورنتو: روايات شهود عيان

By Matthew WallBusiness reporter, BBC News But some commentators believe that, while all the uncertainty surrounding the details of separation may have negative economic consequences in the short term, an independent Scotland could be financially viable in the longer term. Here is a representative selection of recent comments. Alan Greenspan, former chairman, US Federal Reserve The former Fed head has warned that independence would be "surprisingly negative for Scotland, more so than the Nationalist party is in any way communicating", according to the Financial Times. He said their economic forecasts were "so implausible they really should be dismissed out of hand", making reference to falling North Sea oil production. He also maintained that the Bank of England would be extremely unlikely to act as "lender of last resort" to a newly independent Scotland. Professor Mike Danson, Heriot-Watt University, Edinburgh Heriot-Watt's professor of enterprise policy believes the doom-mongers are wrong. "The concerns are overdone," he told the BBC. "Supermarkets have said prices could go up, but they could also go down." An independent Scotland would be freer to make choices about where and how to spend its money, he argues. "We could incentivise companies and universities to invest in research and development, for example. "We're not going to see an economic revolution overnight, but its about building on Scotland's strengths in life sciences, food and drink, tourism and financial services. We have a long history of good practice and a skilled workforce." Peter Dixon and Dr Jorg Kramer, Commerzbank The German bank's economists argue that while the Scottish government's assumptions on energy reserves are credible, "more than half of the figure relies on potential resources or those yet to be found. On current technology only around 40% of projected reserves are likely to be extracted." The bank also warns about the consequences for the remainder of the UK, arguing that it "would have a diminished presence on the global stage." But overall, it concludes that "it is likely that an independent Scotland will fare better than the Westminster government expects but considerably worse than the nationalists believe." Dame Vivienne Westwood, fashion designer The former high priestess of punk fashion said an independent Scotland could be "the turning point towards a better world. They could lead by example." She backed Scottish independence as she kicked off her London Fashion Week showcase, sending her models down the catwalk sporting Yes campaign badges. Dame Vivienne, who was born in Tintwistle, Derbyshire, is just one of hundreds of business people who have given their support to the Yes campaign. For example, in August 200 firms signed Business for Scotland's open letter supporting the case for independence. Robert Zoellick, former president, World Bank The former World Bank president said "a break-up of the UK would be a diminution of Britain and a tragedy for the west just at a moment when the US needs strong partners. I strongly suspect it would not work out well for the Scots either." Goldman Sachs The global investment bank thinks the short-term effects of a "Yes" vote in the Scottish referendum could have "severe consequences" for both countries' economies. "In the event of a surprise 'Yes' vote, the near-term consequences for the Scottish economy, and for the UK more broadly, could be severely negative," it wrote in a research note last week, but longer term the bank said it could prosper. Protracted negotiations over the division of UK national debt, the currency, and Scottish membership of the European Union would lead to "a prolonged period of uncertainty," the bank said. "This, in itself, is likely to have adverse economic consequences for Scotland and the UK." "Even if the sterling monetary union does not break up in the event of a 'Yes' vote, the threat of a break-up would provide investors with a strong incentive to sell Scottish-based assets, and households with a strong incentive to withdraw deposits from Scottish-based banks," the bank argued. However longer term, it believes there is "little reason why an independent Scotland could not prosper: there is no evidence to suggest that smaller countries are richer or poorer, on average." Martin Gilbert, chief executive, Aberdeen Asset Management Aberdeen Asset Management, Scotland's largest fund management company, is officially neutral in the independence debate. However its boss, Martin Gilbert, has said an "independent Scotland would be a big success", although he declined to say which he had voted in his postal vote. In Aberdeen's Press and Journal, Mr Gilbert said Scotland was among the 20 wealthiest countries in the world, adding: "Most sensible people now accept that Scotland would be prosperous with either outcome in the current constitutional debate." He also said sterlingisation - in which an independent Scotland kept the pound without a formal deal - would be a "pretty good option". "Low or no debt would be the position if an independent Scotland were denied access to Bank of England financial assets, and that would leave the newly-independent country in both budget and balance of payments surplus. Not a bad start," he added. Paul Krugman, economist Writing in his New York Times column, Mr Krugman had a stark message for Scotland: "Be afraid, be very afraid. The risks of going it alone are huge. You may think that Scotland can become another Canada, but it's all too likely that it would end up becoming Spain without the sunshine." On the prospects of keeping sterling as the country's currency, Mr Krugman said: "The combination of political independence with a shared currency is a recipe for disaster." He would find it "mind-boggling" if Scotland decided to do this. Oliver Harvey, Deutsche Bank Echoing Paul Krugman, Deutsche Bank's foreign exchange strategist Oliver Harvey, wrote: "Scotland: be afraid, be very afraid" in a note to investors on Monday. "The implications of a yes vote would be huge....", he said. "On the currency side, it could at worse lead to a destabilising crisis in the whole British banking system and at best leave the the rest of the UK with an unstable currency union in which the Bank of England is forced to continue to provide liquidity to Scottish banks while Westminster thrashes out a fiscal and monetary arrangement with a new Scottish sovereign government holding all the cards. "A 'yes' vote could easily derail the UK economic recovery. Scotland represents the rest of the UK's second largest trading partner after the EU and many corporate investment plans are likely to be put on hold until clarity over currency, regulatory and tax questions is achieved." Ben Chu, The Independent A Scottish state is "perfectly viable", argues the Indy's economics editor, Ben Chu. "Some of the wilder prophecies of ruin are unconvincing." "Scotland's North Sea oil money will eventually run out but the country still has a well-educated population. Its future productivity growth and prosperity rests on those foundations of human capital." In the short-term, however, he says that: "Corporate investment, which has been disappointingly weak for a decade, could flatline amidst the uncertainty thrown up by a Yes vote. That wouldn't help either Scotland or the rest of the UK recover from the biggest slump since the 1930s." A lot depends on whether Scotland retains the pound, he argues, thereby accepting a degree of Westminster oversight that many Scots who voted for independence would find unpalatable.

مع تضييق استطلاعات الرأي في النقاش حول استقلال اسكتلندا، كثفت البنوك والمستثمرون والاقتصاديون تحذيراتهم بشأن الاستثمار المحتمل والتأثير الاقتصادي الذي يمكن أن يحدثه تفكك المملكة المتحدة.

التصويت الاسكتلندي: الخبراء يناقشون التأثير الاقتصادي المحتمل

By Ashley John-BaptisteBBC Victoria Derbyshire programme "I am a part of the family," Rebecca explains over a family dinner with Shanaz and Muhammad Arshad, her foster parents. Rebecca, who is an atheist, has lived with the Muslim family since the age of 12. Now 18, she has chosen to continue living with them. She is keen to make her voice heard only weeks after a case involving a five-year-old Christian girl, who was reportedly left distressed after being placed with Muslim foster carers, hit the headlines. A family court judge later ruled there were no concerns about the girl's welfare. Rebecca tells the BBC's Victoria Derbyshire programme without Shanaz and Muhammad she "wouldn't have anyone else to call family". She has referred to them as "mum and dad" since the third month of living together. She has learned basic Urdu to become closer to them, and has travelled with the family to Pakistan - something that stirred opinions among school friends. One told her she was "living with terrorists", she says. Others have talked about her family having "explosives". Rebecca remembers being perplexed. "I live in a family as anyone else would." Shanaz says she has also been hurt by comments. "People think the girl will lose her identity. People question, 'Is she going to become one of you? Is she going to have an arranged marriage?' "We are trying to give this child the best care in the world." The family is also fostering an Afghan boy and Kenyan girl - and Shanaz is keen to explain that Rebecca has been able to maintain "her own identity". "Rebecca is going to be Rebecca," she says. "Fostering isn't about imposing religion. Foster carers are not there to remould them." She says she has spoken about Islam with Rebecca but "never imposed it" on her. "We celebrate every culture and religion in this household. We celebrate Christmas because it's a holiday and festival time." 'Inspired by Christianity' The government says it does not have statistics on how many interracial placements there are. But it is estimated that 3,000 Muslim children are placed into foster care each year. Krish Kandiah, a Christian theologian, has fostered children from a broad range of religious and cultural backgrounds. "Reading the Bible, it has so much to say about vulnerable kids in our society," he says, explaining his choice to foster. He dismisses the idea that having Christianity as a key motivator for becoming a foster parent is in conflict with the role, which requires children's religious choices to be respected. "When Muslim kids have come into my care I have asked how we can help, how we should honour that. "We've had Halal meat, made a Koran available. If my kid was in care, I'd want their faith to be respected." He says that there have been instances where people are "very critical" of foster carers. But, he adds, "I'd tell critics to step up and foster themselves". Not all placements are a success. Jerome Harvey, who's 26, said his identity was overlooked by a Muslim family he lived with at the age of four. "The first family I lived with were Indian Muslim, and it was just a massive culture shock," he says. "The first thing that stood out to me was the food. We didn't recognise it, [but] they forced us to eat it. "They lost us," he adds. "A carer's job is to find you, but they lost us because they weren't interested in who we were before we got there. "We didn't celebrate Christmas." He says the family did not introduce him to their culture either. "If anything they damaged us further. They excluded us from who they were. "We'd watch them pray but not really understand why they were doing it, or what it is, and just copy." Cultural needs Kevin Williams, chief executive of the charity Fostering Network, says over the last 20 years there has been much greater understanding of the need to support a foster child's "culture and beliefs". Foster parents are trained to ensure they are prepared to look after children of all backgrounds, he adds, with social workers acting as a safeguard. Mr Williams is clear that foster parents should "not be forcing a religion onto a child", but that - if they are religious - they can talk to the child about this, as it is important for them to be made aware of "different experiences". The charity estimates that there is currently a shortage of 8,000 foster carers across the UK. "We want children to be matched as closely as possible with a family - including religious and cultural needs - but this is not always possible," Mr Williams explains. He hopes more Muslim families will want to foster in future so that they can care for children of all beliefs. Rebecca asks people not to take a negative view of Muslim foster parents. "Don't judge a book by its cover. You can't believe everything that's on the news, or what's been said about Islam," she says. Watch the Victoria Derbyshire programme on weekdays between 09:00 and 11:00 on BBC Two and the BBC News Channel.

منذ أن انتقلت ريبيكا براون - وهي بريطانية بيضاء - للعيش مع أبوين باكستانيين مسلمين بالتبني، سألها أصدقاء المدرسة عما إذا كانت تعيش مع إرهابيين، بسبب دينهم. إنها تريد أن يعرف الناس أنهم مثل أي عائلة أخرى.

"إنهم أمي وأبي وليسوا إرهابيين"

The body of Stephen Muncaster, 47, was found shortly after midnight on Tuesday in the front garden of a property in Magdalen, near King's Lynn. His wife Allison, 48, was found inside the house. Shots had been heard and a gun was found at the scene. Police are not looking for anyone else in connection with the incident. Get the latest on this and other stories for Norfolk Police said they will produce a file for the coroner in due course. Mr Muncaster was the uncle of Michael Carroll, who made headlines in 2002 by winning £9.7m in the National Lottery.

أكد تشريح الجثة أن جروح ناجمة عن طلقات نارية تسببت في وفاة زوجين عثر عليهما ميتين في منزلهما.

وفاة أليسون وستيفن مونكاستر ناجمة عن بندقية

By Kevin KeaneBBC Scotland's environment correspondent The prospect might be a surprise to them, focused on 585 pages of draft agreements, but it's been the backbone of the economic argument for the UK's most pro-Brexit industry. Many have said it would be the litmus-test of the whole process. The waters around all the EU's member states, up to a limit of 200 miles, are effectively "pooled" when it comes to fishing. It means boats from one country can fish in another's seas. When the UK leaves the EU, barring any new agreements, those waters will exclusively become the UK's again, under the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea. There's also a further separate international agreement, called the London Fisheries Convention, covering the 12 miles closest to the shore. It's being terminated, meaning no foreign vessel will be allowed to fish in UK waters without the UK's permission. A long-running fear among skippers has been that their fishing rights would be "traded away" in deals done for the benefit of more economically valuable sectors. The draft withdrawal agreement seems to rule that out but it doesn't mean foreign boats will be immediately chased away by British vessels. None of the industry bodies has advocated allowing only UK boats to fish in our exclusive economic zone - the sea up to 200 miles from UK shores. What they want is for the UK - or the nations of the UK - to decide who is and isn't allowed in. When Greenland left the EU, in 1982, it allowed limited access to its waters in exchange for infrastructure funding. Greenland initially held all the quotas for its exclusive seas but effectively sold off some. A similar negotiation is proposed between the UK and EU but there is no commitment to reaching a deal. The document simply says the two parties will "use their best endeavours" to do so. There will have to be flexibility as British boats don't just fish in British waters. The recent scallop skirmishes in the Baie de Seine, which resulted in tussles at sea between French and British fishermen in a row over access to fishing grounds, illustrated the need for cross-border cooperation. The fishing industry in towns such as Fraserburgh, Peterhead and Grimsby will see Brexit as a success only if their harbours are filled with more local boats in the years ahead. Important too is the link being made between fishing opportunities for EU vessels and the sale of fish and seafood by the UK into the EU. It's unlikely the prominence of fishing will crumble in the wider noise of securing a trade deal, mainly because most of the industry is in Scotland. The block of 13 Scottish Conservative MPs, including the Scottish Secretary, David Mundell, have repeatedly taken a tough collective stance with the prime minister over the issue, only last week restating that it would be a "betrayal" if the EU retained any control over fishing rights. Those 13 Tories have a stronger voting power than the 10 DUP members keeping Theresa May in office. And looming over all this is the threat of a second referendum on Scottish independence. It would be of great political benefit to the SNP if it was able to claim the fleet had been "let down by Westminster" on fishing. Of course, a general election could change the dynamic entirely but short of that its difficult to see any radical shift. As for the environmental concerns, annually the quotas for fishing catches are based on scientific advice. That is, scientists prescribe how much of each stock - cod, haddock et cetera - can be caught sustainably. It then becomes a political negotiation over how to divide up the stock between countries. It's difficult to argue with the scientists - although many often do. But if the UK decides to conduct its own scientific research - and that contradicts the European Commission's - the negotiations could become sticky. Until not so long ago, Iceland had a long running dispute with the EU over its rights to fish for mackerel when its own scientists detected changes in their migration patterns. But because it was an independent coastal state, it held many of the cards and eventually secured a much larger share of the catch. It had muscle and used it. So, should the EU 27 feel concerned about future fishing opportunities being restricted? We don't know the answer yet. A lot is at stake - from fishing rights to market access - and so, the negotiations will be complex.

تشعر دول الاتحاد الأوروبي السبعة والعشرون بالقلق من أن "استعادة السيطرة" على مياه المملكة المتحدة قد يعني فرص صيد أقل لأساطيلها. وأثارت مذكرة دبلوماسية - اطلعت عليها بي بي سي - مخاوف بشأن الوصول والالتزامات البيئية.

هل ستتوصل المملكة المتحدة والاتحاد الأوروبي إلى اتفاق خروج بريطانيا من الاتحاد الأوروبي بشأن صيد الأسماك؟

Rory Cellan-JonesTechnology correspondent@BBCRoryCJon Twitter If you travel on trains packed with commuters staring at tiny mobile phone screens rather than books, or wander along high streets now devoid of bookshops, you might think it was in a sorry state. But the Publishers' Association annual statistical digest, published today, seems to paint a different picture. The industry had a record year for sales, up 4% to £3.3bn. 2012 was the year when the digital revolution really took hold, with sales up 66% to £411m and fiction e-reading growing even faster, up 149%. As for the physical book, long thought to be under threat from all those Kindles, Kobos and Nooks, reports of its demise may be premature. Sales fell just 1% to £2.9bn, and in some genres, notably children's books, sales actually rose. The figures also show that the pace at we're switching from physical to digital books varies according to the type of title. Apparently, 26% of fiction sales are digital, whereas for non-fiction books the figure is just 5%, and for children's titles, 3%. Why? Well perhaps for fiction it is only the words that matter, and they can be rendered as well or better in digital form, whereas for something like a glossy cookery book or an illustrated children's book, the physical object still delivers a much better experience. What does this mean then for the pace of publishing's digital revolution and its impact on readers and authors? A few weeks ago Michael Serbinis of the e-reader maker Kobo told me he reckoned that 90% of reading would eventually be on digital devices. You won't be surprised to hear that Richard Mollet of the Publishers' Association is betting on a lower figure - somewhere between 30% and 50%. But however rapid the shift to e-readers, publishing seems to be weathering digital climate change better than some other media industries. But what about authors? I was surprised to hear from JoJo Moyes - a bestselling writer of women's fiction - that nearly half of the sales of her latest book were in a digital format. And each digital sale earns her a few pennies more than the royalty she gets from a physical book sale purchase. Mind you, not all authors are happy - they point to the much lower costs of producing digital books and wonder how publishers still justify taking such a large cut. The publishers' response is that they have to spend large sums defending authors from the threat of piracy. JoJo Moyes has some sympathy with that argument: "I've got a Google alert set up and every day it tells me about a new torrenting site offering free copies of my book. I pass them on to my publisher to deal with. " Still, neither publishers nor authors seem to have seen their incomes damaged significantly by either piracy or the wider digital revolution. Readers, meanwhile, have a wider choice, and perhaps the prospect of lower prices - although many will grumble that e-books should be a whole lot cheaper. For bookshops the news is not so good. Independent book stores continue to close, as readers turn to online giants like Amazon for both physical and digital books. That is making our high streets just a little less interesting, so it's a vicious circle where going out and browsing for books or anything else becomes less attractive than sitting at home and shopping online.. But overall, 2012 seemed to show that the British public still loves books in all their variety, and is prepared to pay to enjoy them. We hear plenty of doom and gloom from the old media industries about the ravages of the digital revolution - but publishing seems determined to look on the bright side.

كيف تؤثر الثورة الرقمية على تجارة الكتب؟

الكتاب لم ينته بعد

By Bethany BellBBC News, Vienna Traditionally such parties have been fragmented in Europe, as they tend to campaign on national issues, rejecting EU integration and the weakening of national sovereignty. But now, with support for the far-right rising, four parties - France's National Front (FN), Austria's Freedom Party (FPOe), Belgium's Vlaams Belang and the Sweden Democrats - have joined up to form a European youth movement. It is called Young European Alliance for Hope, or YEAH. It follows a decision last year by National Front leader Marine Le Pen and the Eurosceptic Dutch politician Geert Wilders to form a loose alliance for the European elections, which they are hoping could evolve into an official group in the European Parliament - if other like-minded parties join them. 'Europe of Fatherlands' However, Mr Wilders' Freedom Party (PVV) is not represented in YEAH. When asked why the PVV or Italy's Northern League or Britain's UKIP had not signed up to the alliance, Udo Landbauer from Austria's FPOe said trust takes time to develop. He is running as a candidate for the European Parliament. At the launch in Vienna, the talk was of uniting to create a Europe of Fatherlands, rather than a United States of Europe. But the launch was overshadowed by controversial comments by the FPOe's top candidate for MEP, Andreas Moelzer, in which he compared EU bureaucracy unfavourably with Hitler's Third Reich and was also quoted as saying the EU was in danger of turning into a "conglomerate of Negroes". Mr Moelzer, who admits to the first comment but can't remember saying the second, has issued an apology. But a member of the Sweden Democrats, Kent Ekeroth, said in a newspaper interview that such statements were intolerable and put into question a future EU parliamentary group with the Freedom Party.

هل تتحسن العلاقات بين الأحزاب اليمينية المتطرفة المتشككة في أوروبا؟

حركة الشباب اليمينية المتطرفة تسعى إلى "أوروبا أوطان الآباء"

By Kabir ChibberTechnology of business reporter, BBC News And their silence masks some heavy-duty engineering under the bonnet. They are among the 612 Mini E cars being trialled in the US, UK and Germany since 2009. These plug-in electric models are leased to customers, and BMW - the owner of the Mini - is monitoring every aspect of the cars' use, in almost every scenario, as they are put through their paces. The amount of data that can now be collected about how drivers use their cars is unprecedented. And the impact of so much information is potentially huge. Imagine having your car post MoT reminders to your social networks, or share your location with friends, or prove that you were not responsible for an accident. Behaviour changing A British company, Riversimple, has designed a range of tiny hydrogen-powered cars, which it will roll out in Leicester in 2012. They will collect every minute detail about how the cars are used. If the pilot goes well, they are already discussing ways of connecting the cars to social media, and sharing data about how the cars are used. "Drivers could play games to see who is driving the most efficiently," says Rosie Reeves, Riversimple's sustainability officer. Italian carmaker Fiat has been compiling data from the Blue&Me navigation systems installed on many of its cars over a six-month period. It may be the largest such data harvest done by a major carmaker. "We can extract a number of data - on how the pedals are used, petrol consumption, braking," says Candido Peterlini, vice-president for product development at Fiat. It developed eco:Drive from the data collected from 420,000 car journeys of 5,700 drivers in five countries. Cars with this function allow the driver to download data about their journeys to a USB stick, which they can plug into their home computer. It will tell them how to improve their driving - for example, by changing gears less. Mr Peterlini says the plan is to make this response instant soon, via the on-board computer - so that a driver gets told how to improve their driving while they are cruising through town - and then integrate it into live traffic maps. "The plan is to tell you the most eco way to drive, by changing your behaviour, taking in traffic conditions and the structure of the road" such as how steep it is, Mr Peterlini says. It is not hard to see a future where the on-board computers get ever more sophisticated - such as personal profiles for a car, so the car's settings are individualised for each family member. The computer would adjust the seats, music, the suspension between sports and comfort mode, depending on which family member was using the car. All while telling each one how to be a better - and more fuel-efficient - driver. Fiat's data found that the British, for example, use the least fuel when driving and the Spanish use the most in Europe, whilst Spaniards also have the least efficient traffic system. Electric models Increased data collection also tells us a lot about different drivers and how they use the cars. With the introduction of the Chevy Volt and the Nissan Leaf to car lots, the electric car is poised to go mainstream very soon. BMW's tests of the Mini E have found most people think they use their cars far more than they do. According to the people behind the Mini E tests, the average daily car journey in the UK is 22.8 miles. Drivers of the Mini E used theirs for 26.7 miles, fractionally less than conventional petrol Mini Cooper drivers. People also think they will have to charge the car every day, when in reality they charge them every two or three days. "It's a misnomer that we're going to have to adapt our driving to electric vehicles," says Suzanne Gray, Mini E's UK project manager. Soon, many of the Mini Es will be reallocated to new trials in France, China and Japan. Carmakers are preparing for a world where not only are cars collecting data about you, but they are sharing it with each other. "We are aware of this constantly increasing computing power in cars," Ms Gray says. "The degree of connectivity and the degree that we will be able to share information - it will jump to a whole new level." Other uses And this is not just for cars. All forms of transport are become increasingly interconnected. For example, a group of students at MIT recently caught the attention of British inventor James Dyson with the Copenhagen Wheel. It is a sleek red disc that attaches to the back wheel of a bike, which captures energy lost during braking and turns into an electric motor for steep climbs. It also includes location-based software to log information about the bike ride, plan routes and even connect with other cyclists. An Italian firm, Octo Telematics, installs boxes on-board cars that allow insurers to price the costs of journeys, as well as perform diagnostics on the cars. It now has a million total subscribers, and illustrates the potential for real-time insurance on car journeys to be integrated into the build of cars. Tube planner Public transport is also being revolutionised. One of Boris Johnson's priorities when he was elected London mayor was to open up the city's data to developers. The result, the London Datastore, contains information on all sorts of factors of city life - fires, crime rates, school truancy, recycling rates and so on. As a result, there have been many new smartphone apps, especially around the popular "Boris bike" cycle hire scheme. Most show available bikes near to you on a map. "There are apps which feed to the traffic camera data so you can see if the road is clear before you set out on your journey and check along the way, there are interactive maps showing carbon emissions in London," says Anthony Browne, the mayor's adviser for economic development. Other apps show live boards for the London Underground, live road cams and other features that make public transport more convenient. Like Riversimple, Mr Browne anticipates greater social use of the data as developers use it in ever more sophisticated ways. "We anticipate a growth in the integration of data into gaming, particularly looking at transport," he says. "In particular for use in commuting games, or games that encourage people to use public transport more, or indeed walk or cycle more."

في حين أن القليل من الناس قد يرمشون بعد الآن عند رؤية سيارة ميني كوبر بجانب سيارتهم الخاصة، إلا أن البعض ربما لاحظوا عددًا قليلًا من موديلاتهم في هذه اللحظة هادئة بشكل غريب.

السيارة أم الكمبيوتر؟ كيف أصبح النقل أكثر ارتباطًا

Visitors to the two-day event enjoyed live music, community stalls and information about health and wellbeing. This year's theme is Be You, which aims to encourage people to be themselves and celebrate the city's diverse community. Pride is taking place in University Square, Priory Street, next to Coventry Cathedral, with additional events in Broadgate.

شارك المئات من الأشخاص في احتفال كوفنتري برايد لهذا العام.

المئات يشاركون في كوفنتري برايد

Flames destroyed about 15,000 tonnes of organic waste material at the AmeyCespa plant on Ely Road, Waterbeach, on Friday morning. Firefighters left the scene on Friday evening following a handover to on-site management. Early investigations have concluded the fire started accidentally. Group Commander Chris Parker, officer in charge of the incident, said crews working with staff at Amey were able to put the fire out much sooner than anticipated.

تم أخيرًا إخماد حريق مصنع إعادة التدوير الذي تمت معالجته بواسطة 60 من رجال الإطفاء في كامبريدجشير.

رجال الإطفاء يغادرون مكان الحريق في AmeyCespa في Waterbeach

By Kevin ConnollyBBC News, Brussels Although of course that doesn't mean they'll see eye to eye. Expect plenty of face masks and plenty of displays of social distancing to go along with the rather obvious political distancing which has emerged in the long months of lockdown. And it's not just the sight of the EU's leaders gathering in person which will seem familiar, it's the problems they confront. What must they decide? On the face of it the summit is about money: they need to set an EU budget of around €1 trillion for the period ending in 2027 and at the same time to agree an ambitious €750bn (£670bn) Recovery Fund. For the big Brussels institutions, the European Commission and the EU Council there is a lot at stake in all of that - not least their own centrality in European political life. As the coronavirus pandemic began to hit Europe earlier in the year, member states responded not as a unified entity under the direction of Brussels but nation by nation with each government putting the interests of its own people first. Borders were closed with little or no consultation, emergency economic measures were introduced without central co-ordination and when Italy requested emergency medical help the response was underwhelming. Things improved - German hospitals treated French patients for example - but Brussels is determined that just as it lost control as Europe slipped into crisis, its own centrality will be restored as the continent re-emerges. That will take money - and lots of it. Who are the 'frugals'? One of the eternal truths of political life in Brussels is that expensive spending programmes are more popular with the countries that expect to get money out of them than they are with the countries expected to put it in. Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte is often presented as the chief spokesman of the so-called Frugal Four, in which his country is allied with Austria, Sweden and Denmark. Throw in Finland and you have a Frugal Five determined to limit the size - and therefore the ambition - of any budgetary increases. Finnish Prime Minister Sanna Marin says her government wants to see "a lower overall level (for the budget) and a better balance between loans and grants (in the recovery fund)". Compare that with the view of Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis, who puts the opposite view with admirable clarity: "If we want to be very ambitious we will need more resources." The EU faced plenty of challenges before Covid-19 came along of course - Brexit, climate change and the continuing challenge of migration from the South come to mind. But this row over money feels different - it's about the scope and scale of the EU's ambitions stretching far into this decade and perhaps setting a tone for years beyond that. Who should get the money? "What's at stake," a retired diplomat told me, "is the ability of the EU institutions to get a grip and to turn crisis into opportunity." It may not be helpful in all of this that the institutions are in relatively inexperienced hands - the former German defence minister, Ursula von der Leyen, at the Commission and a recent prime minister of Belgium Charles Michel at the Council. But it's only fair to note that the challenges around these budget talks would have taxed even the most experienced of teams. That's because this is not a problem that can be solved by holding the multi-year budget a shade below €1.1tn than a shade above, or by knocking a couple of billion off the recovery fund. Should the money simply be shovelled out to the needy or should there be some sort of scrutiny of applications for help and oversight as to where the money goes? Southern and Eastern member states will resent any implication that richer and somehow more "grown-up" economies to the North and West are telling them how to manage their affairs. And even more controversially should the handing out of funds be linked to political values? Many in Brussels think countries like Poland and Hungary should only get money if they abandon policies on judicial reform seen by their critics as assaults on the rule of law. Hungary's leader, Viktor Orban, has now secured the backing of his parliament to veto the whole budget if there's any linkage between money and morality. In the age of Brexit there's no voice for the UK in all of this of course - its absence might weaken the fiscal conservatives but might also streamline the whole argument. Don't expect quick decisions or short discussions - there is scope in the institutional diary for another summit before the end of the month. The EU's leaders had to wait five months for this summit - it's a fair bet they won't have to wait so long for the next one.

عندما يجتمع زعماء دول الاتحاد الأوروبي السبعة والعشرين في بروكسل يوم الجمعة، يجب أن يكونوا مستعدين للصدمة المألوفة. بعد خمسة أشهر من الدبلوماسية المتعثرة عبر مؤتمر الفيديو، سيجتمع الرؤساء ورؤساء الوزراء مرة أخرى وجهاً لوجه.

فيروس كورونا: خيارات كبيرة لقادة الاتحاد الأوروبي بشأن مليارات التعافي

Lee Peel's body was found in the water on South Beach in Ramsey at about 10:30 GMT on 5 December. The 50-year-old labourer was from Onchan in the east of the island. Coroner Jayne Hughes said investigations into Mr Peel's death were still ongoing. Manx police previously described his death as "unexplained". Adjourning the inquest, she passed her condolences to his family, who did not attend the hearing at Douglas Courthouse. Why not follow BBC Isle of Man on Facebook and Twitter? You can also send story ideas to northwest.newsonline@bbc.co.uk

أفاد تحقيق أن رجلاً عثر على جثته على شاطئ شمال جزيرة مان قد غرق.

الرجل الذي عُثر على جثته على شاطئ جزيرة آيل أوف مان غرق

A 36-year-old from Birmingham and 35-year-old from Doncaster are being held on suspicion of conspiracy to distribute terrorist publications. West Midlands Police said the men were being questioned by the West Midlands Counter Terrorism Unit at a police station in the region. Searches of addresses in both Birmingham and Doncaster are continuing, said police. The force said the planned, intelligence-led arrests were made by the counter terrorism unit, with support from South Yorkshire Police. Follow BBC West Midlands on Facebook, on Twitter, and sign up for local news updates direct to your phone. Related Internet Links West Midlands Police South Yorkshire Police

وتم اعتقال رجلين للاشتباه في ارتكابهما جرائم إرهابية.

اعتقالات في برمنغهام ودونكاستر في إطار التحقيق في الإرهاب

It has considered the latest proposals for a retail and residential development on the Bridge. The Co-op and developers Leale's Yard Limited are behind the project and first submitted plans last April. The department agreed with concerns over the amount of retail space and suggested it could be cut by about 20%. It also raised questions about the height of the development and said it hoped by reducing the number of shops, the overall size of the development could be reduced.

تحتاج خطط تطوير Leale's Yard في سانت سامبسون إلى تقليصها، وفقًا لإدارة البيئة في غيرنسي.

يجب تقليص مساحة البيع بالتجزئة في Leale's Yard

"Extensive damage" to the three outdoor pools had left them in "a very dangerous condition", according to the culture and leisure department. The broken steps and handrail at the Ladies Pool will be fixed first. The Children's, Gents and Horseshoe Pools will remain closed while further investigative work is carried out and the cost calculated. The pools are used all year round by swimmers and were built after the loss of beachfront due to the extensive development of St Peter Port Harbour.

بدأت أعمال الإصلاح في حمامات السباحة الفيكتورية في غيرنسي بعد أن أجبرتها العواصف على إغلاقها "إلى أجل غير مسمى".

تخضع حمامات السباحة في غيرنسي لإصلاحات بعد العواصف

By Tom SymondsHome affairs correspondent, BBC News Imagine the 1950s, in the years before air travel became commonplace or the internet dominated our lives. Imagine being a child of those times, barely aware of life even in the next town. An orphan perhaps, living in a British children's home. Now imagine being told that shortly you would board a ship for somewhere called Australia, to begin a new life in a sunlit wonderland. For good. No choice. It happened to thousands of British children in the decades immediately following World War Two, and they had little understanding of how it would shape their lives. The astonishing scandal of the British child migrants will be the first subject for which the Independent Inquiry into Child Sexual Abuse will hold full public hearings. It's first because the migrants are now nearing the end of their lives. Clifford Walsh stands in the port of Fremantle near Perth in Western Australia. He is now 72. Fremantle is where, in 1954, aged nine, he stepped off the ship from London, looking for the sheep he'd been told outnumbered people in Australia 100 to one. He ended up at a place called Bindoon. The Catholic institution known at one point as Bindoon Boys Town is now notorious. Based around an imposing stone mansion in the Australian countryside, 49 miles north of Perth, are buildings Walsh and his fellow child migrants were forced to build, barefoot, starting work the day after they arrived. The Christian Brothers ruled the place with the aim of upholding order and a moral code. Within two days of arriving he says he received his first punishment at the hands of one of the brothers. "He punched us, he kicked us, smashed us in the face, back-handed us and everything, and he then sat us on his knee to tell us that he doesn't like to hurt children, but we had been bad boys. "I was sobbing uncontrollably for hours." His story is deeply distressing. He tells it with a particularly Australian directness. He is furious. He describes one brother luring him into his room with the promise he could have some sweet molasses - normally fed, not to the boys, but the cows. The man sexually abused him. He claims another brother raped him, and a third beat him mercilessly after falsely accusing him of having sex with another boy. "We had no parents, we had no relatives, there was nowhere we could go, these brothers - these paedophiles - must have thought they were in hog heaven." He has accused the brothers at the Australian Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse, the first time he has fully disclosed his experiences. At the time he says: "I was too terrified to report the abuse. I knew no other life. "I've lived 60 odd years with this hate, I can't have a normal sexual relationship because I don't like to hold people," says Walsh. "My own wife, I couldn't hug." He was troubled by all the memories. "I couldn't show any affection. Stuff like that only reminded me of what the brothers would do all the time." Britain is perhaps the only country in the world to have exported vast numbers of its children. An estimated 150,000 children were sent over a 350-year period to Virginia, Australia, New Zealand, Canada, and what was then Southern Rhodesia, now Zimbabwe. Australia was the main destination in the final wave between 1945 and 1974. There were twin purposes - to ease the population of orphanages in the UK and to boost the population of the colonies. The children were recruited by religious institutions from both the Anglican and Catholic churches, or well-meaning charities including Barnardo's and the Fairbridge Society. Their motivation was to give "lost" children a new life, and it would be wrong to say that every one of Britain's exported children suffered. But for too many, the dream became a nightmare. Hundreds of migrant children have given accounts of poor education, hard labour, physical beatings and sexual abuse. Attempts were made to recreate a happy home life. At the Fairbridge Farm School in Molong, four hours outside Sydney, children lived in cottages, each with a "house mother". Fairbridge was not a religious order, like the Christian Brothers, and some of its former children have praised the start it gave them. But not Derek Moriarty. He was at Molong for eight years, one of hundreds of children to have endured poor food, inadequate education and physical labour. His life has been deeply affected by his Fairbridge upbringing. He suffered at the hands of the then-principal of the school, Frederick Woods, a man he says kept 10 canes, and to the horror of the children, a hockey stick - which he used to beat the boys. Perhaps inevitably, Moriarty alleges sexual abuse - by a member of staff who took his clothes off and touched him. "I was nine or 10," he says, "and I didn't understand it." He eventually ran away from Molong, attempted suicide at the age of 18 and has always suffered from depression, not helped by the years it took to discover the details of his family back in the UK. In 2009 the Australian government apologised for the cruelty shown to the child migrants. Britain also made an apology in 2010. The pressure for answers and reparations had been growing. Questions might never have been asked, had it not been for two seekers of the truth. In the early 1980s a Nottingham social worker, Margaret Humphreys, came across Australian former migrants who had suddenly started to realise they might have living relatives in the UK. Many had been told, as children, their parents were dead. It wasn't true. "It was about identity," she says, "being stripped of it and being robbed of it." Her life's work has been about reuniting "lost children" with their lost relatives. Having reinstated their sense of identity, she went on to build a lifelong bond with many former migrants, and they began to disclose the physical and sexual abuse they had suffered. "As you go along, you're learning more and more about the degrees and the awfulness of the abuse. That's been incremental because people can really only talk about it over a longer period of time when there is trust. There's a lot of trauma involved here." Further revelations about the Fairbridge homes were uncovered by one of their own. David Hill was shipped out from Britain with his brothers to the Fairbridge farm at Molong in 1959. He was one of the lucky ones. His mother followed him later, providing him with a stable future. He became a highly successful public figure in Australia. He was chairman and managing director of the Australian Broadcasting Corporation, and is a keen historian. Hill brought together the Fairbridge boys and girls to tell him their stories. Like those from the west of Australia - they were dominated by beatings and abuse. Derek Moriarty was among those who unburdened themselves for the first time to Hill, as part of the research for his 2007 book The Forgotten Children and a 2009 ABC television documentary. "I felt a weight lifted off my shoulders when I told him," Moriarty says. "But my abuse paled into insignificance compared to some others." David Hill's work triggered claim after claim from men and women about their experiences as children. They wrote and told him of a litany of sexual abuse. There was no sexual education at the school and, failing to understand what was happening, they were left traumatised. Hill makes the astonishing claim that 60% of the children at Fairbridge Molong allege they were sexually abused, based on more than 100 interviews. The Australian law firm Slater and Gordon successfully claimed compensation on behalf of 215 former Fairbridge children, of whom 129 said they had been sexually abused. For the Christian Brothers the figures are even higher. The Australian Royal Commission on child abuse recently revealed 853 people had accused members of the order. Hill is one of the expert witnesses who will give evidence to the UK Independent Inquiry into Child Sexual Abuse (IICSA). The inquiry has been bitterly criticised since its creation - and some have questioned its huge scope. Is there any point in it considering the history of child migration, dating back so far? The Australian Royal commission is examining child migration closely. In 1998 the UK's Health Select Committee also held hearings, in which the Child Migrants Trust described the Christian Brothers institutions as "almost the full realisation of a paedophile's dream". But the committee did not get to the bottom of it, concluding: "The Christian Brothers were very insistent that the abuses were not known to those who controlled these institutions. We cannot accept this." Sources close to the current public inquiry have told the BBC it will produce new and startling revelations about the scale of sexual abuse abroad, and attempts by British and Australian institutions to cover it up. This will include an examination of the claims of some child migrants that they were sent abroad weeks after reporting sexual abuse at their children's home in the UK. The allegation is that they were hand-picked. Either to get them out of the way, or because they were of interest to paedophiles. Three former Fairbridge boys have claimed that the then-Australian Governor General, Lord Slim, sexually molested them during rides in his chauffeur-driven Rolls Royce while visiting the home. It is understood these allegations could be considered by the inquiry. The inquiry could also definitively answer a crucial historical question. Did the British government know it was sending children to be mistreated in a foreign country? Margaret Humphreys is adamant: "We want to know what happened, we want to know who did it, and we want to know who covered it up for so long." In fact, government files reveal that there was a time when the migration programme could have been stopped. It came in 1956 when three officials went to Australia to inspect 26 institutions which took child migrants. There was enough warning of this "fact-finding mission" to allow a Fairbridge official to warn the manager of the Molong farm: "It would be advisable to see (the children) wore their socks and shoes." Even in a land where it was easy to encounter poisonous wildlife, that wasn't standard practice at many of the institutions. The resulting report, delivered back to the British government, was fairly critical. It identified a general lack of expertise in child care and worried that children were living in institutions in remote rural areas, whereas the trend in Britain was towards fostering them into urban families. However the report had a second "secret" section, never published, which went a little further. This named names - including those of five institutions which were not up to standard. When the UK's Home Office saw the report, it wanted five more added to create what became an infamous blacklist - places which should not receive more children because of poor standards of care. Fairbridge Molong and Bindoon were both on the list. But the report had barely scratched the surface. It made no mention of sexual or physical abuse. Given the length of time it took for the child migrants to tell their stories, this is perhaps unsurprising. But during the post-war years, sexual accusations were made against three principals of the Fairbridge Farm School at Molong. David Hill has revealed they included a claim that Frederick Woods - the man who beat boys with a hockey stick - was "sexually perverted" and had abused a girl resident. An internal investigation exonerated him. This does not appear to have been disclosed by the Fairbridge Society either to the public or the 1956 inspectors. They had a schedule to keep to, and their visits to institutions spread across a vast country were fleeting. Similarly, at the Christian Brothers' homes in Western Australia, children were terrified of criticising the brothers. Former Bindoon resident Clifford Walsh was there during the fact-finding mission. He doesn't remember it, but says speaking out would have resulted in an extremely severe, possibly even life-threatening, beating. The truth is that neither the institutions, nor the inspectors, came close to creating the sort of atmosphere where children could tell them their darkest secrets and be taken seriously. If that had happened, not just in Australia, but throughout modern British history, we might not have needed the current public inquiry. It might have missed the crimes being committed in the institutions, but when the 1956 report hit the desks of Britain's bureaucrats it created quite a stir. Something strongly resembling a cover-up began. Files held at the National Archive set out the response of government officials. One wrote in 1957 that the Overseas Migration Board, which advised the government, was "sorry the mission was sent at all". Some on the board "urged very strongly that the report should not be published." The government archives record that at a meeting with the organisations running the migrant programmes, Lord John Hope, under-secretary of state for Commonwealth relations, discussed what would be disclosed to parliament from the report. "I think you can rely upon us to do what we can in as much as we shall pick out all the good bits," he said. "I shall not be in the least critical in Parliament." The UK Fairbridge Society piled on its own pressure - its president was the Duke of Gloucester, uncle to the Queen. Officials discussed the "immediate parliamentary repercussions" which could result from holding up the migrant programme. Sir Colin Anderson, the director of the Orient Line, which benefited from the business of shipping the children, appealed for the report not to be made public because of the controversy it might cause. The Independent Inquiry into Child Sexual Abuse The child sexual abuse inquiry so far In a sympathetic phone call, a senior official from the Overseas Migration Board responded that the Fairbridge Society was an "extremely fine endeavour for which everyone felt the highest praise". And what did the government do? Files at the National Archive show officials squirmed in institutional discomfort at the idea of taking any meaningful action. In June 1957 the Commonwealth Relations Office sent a secret telegram to the UK High Commission in Australia - "we do not want to withhold approval", it said, for more children to to be sent from the UK. After more pressure from the Fairbridge Society, 16 children waiting to travel were sent on their way. The key recommendation of the inspectors, that the British home secretary agree each and every decision to send a child, was quietly shelved. The Fairbridge Society continued to ship out children, though concentrated on those whose mothers intended to join them later. David Hill's response is anger, even today. With tears in his eyes he says: "I'm surprised how vulnerable it has made me feel - that it could happen and happen to the extent that it did. "The British government not only continued to approve children to be sent, but they financially subsidised for them to go. To institutions they had put on a blacklist unfit for children, condemned." Molong Farm School finally closed in 1973. The Fairbridge Society is now part of the Prince's Trust and still runs activity holidays for children. The Prince's Trust said it had never been involved in child migration, "but we do hold the archive of the former Fairbridge Society. We are cooperating fully with this important inquiry." Bindoon remained open until 1966. It is now used as a Catholic college. The Australian Royal Commission recently estimated that 7% of the country's Catholic priests were involved in child abuse. And such is the scope of sexual abuse allegations in the Catholic and Anglican churches in the UK that entire strands of the Independent Inquiry into Child Sexual Abuse are dedicated to them. The IICSA investigation will be able to seize the records, not just of the British government but also the migration institutions themselves - including the archives of the Fairbridge society. Sixty years later, former Bindoon boy Clifford Walsh strongly believes this inquiry can help answer some of his questions about the culpability of the government and British institutions. "They sent us to a place that was a living hell. How come they didn't know that? Why didn't they investigate? And if they investigated, then they were incompetent or there was a cover-up." The child migration programme will also provide ample evidence for the UK's effort to consider the long-term effect of child sexual abuse. Something which may turn out to be a central theme of the inquiry. Historian and Fairbridge boy David Hill estimates it took victims he interviewed 22 years on average before they felt able to disclose what happened. But it will also provide a final chance for Britain's lost children to return to the land of their birth and tell their stories. The anger has not gone away, and their childhoods have left invisible scars which have lasted a lifetime. One of the child migrants we spoke to asked us not to name him, after he returned to Bindoon armed with a sledgehammer. His target? The ostentatious burial place of Brother Paul Keaney the institution's founder. By the time he'd finished, enough damage had been done to the marble grave slab that Bindoon's current owners, a Catholic college, were forced to remove what remained. It was one man's small blow against a history of child cruelty. Have you been affected by abuse?

لعدة عقود، أرسلت المملكة المتحدة الأطفال في جميع أنحاء العالم إلى حياة جديدة في مؤسسات حيث تعرض العديد منهم للإيذاء واستخدامهم في العمل القسري. وهي فضيحة لا تزال تداعياتها حتى الآن.

فضيحة إساءة معاملة الأطفال البريطانيين الذين تم إرسالهم إلى الخارج

Earlier this week, a US Supreme Court ruling sided with bondholders demanding Argentina pay them the amount in full. Argentina defaulted on debts in 2001 following a severe economic crisis. It has been in a legal battle with a number of US hedge funds which lent money to the country. Many hedge funds have agreed to accept a partial repayment, but others, led by NML and Aurelius Capital Management, are demanding payment in full. 'No mission' Earlier this week, President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner went on national television to say her country could not afford to honour the Supreme Court's ruling, but said her government was willing to discuss the issue further. However, Chief of the Cabinet of Ministers Jorge Capitanich said on Thursday there were no plans to negotiate with the hedge funds directly in New York. "There's no Argentine mission or committee going to New York," he said. Argentina argues that the hedge funds bought most of the debt at a big discount after the 2001 default, and have since tried to impede the country's efforts to restructure. Investors holding more than 92% of the defaulted debt agreed in 2005 and 2010 to write off two-thirds of their pre-crisis value, providing Argentina with time to re-build its economy. But the hedge funds owning the remaining 8% held out against the restructuring.

أغلقت سوق الأسهم الأرجنتينية منخفضة بنسبة 4.9% يوم الخميس بعد أن قال رئيس مجلس الوزراء في البلاد إنه لن يكون هناك وفد إلى الولايات المتحدة للتفاوض مع حاملي السندات بشأن دين بقيمة 1.3 مليار دولار (766 مليون جنيه استرليني).

أسهم الأرجنتين تنخفض وسط شكوك في سداد الديون

Listing the personal details of more than 3,000 individuals from the far western region of Xinjiang, it sets out in intricate detail the most intimate aspects of their daily lives. The painstaking records - made up of 137 pages of columns and rows - include how often people pray, how they dress, whom they contact and how their family members behave. China denies any wrongdoing, saying it is combating terrorism and religious extremism. The document is said to have come, at considerable personal risk, from the same source inside Xinjiang that leaked a batch of highly sensitive material published last year. One of the world's leading experts on China's policies in Xinjiang, Dr Adrian Zenz, a senior fellow at the Victims of Communism Memorial Foundation in Washington, believes the latest leak is genuine. "This remarkable document presents the strongest evidence I've seen to date that Beijing is actively persecuting and punishing normal practices of traditional religious beliefs," he says. One of the camps mentioned in it, the "Number Four Training Centre" has been identified by Dr Zenz as among those visited by the BBC as part of a tour organised by the Chinese authorities in May last year. Much of the evidence uncovered by the BBC team appears to be corroborated by the new document, redacted for publication to protect the privacy of those included in it. It contains details of the investigations into 311 main individuals, listing their backgrounds, religious habits, and relationships with many hundreds of relatives, neighbours and friends. Verdicts written in a final column decide whether those already in internment should remain or be released, and whether some of those previously released need to return. It is evidence that appears to directly contradict China's claim that the camps are merely schools. In an article analysing and verifying the document, Dr Zenz argues that it also offers a far deeper understanding of the real purpose of the system. It allows a glimpse inside the minds of those making the decisions, he says, laying bare the "ideological and administrative micromechanics" of the camps. Row 598 contains the case of a 38-year-old woman with the first name Helchem, sent to a re-education camp for one main reason: she was known to have worn a veil some years ago. It is just one of a number of cases of arbitrary, retrospective punishment. Others were interned simply for applying for a passport - proof that even the intention to travel abroad is now seen as a sign of radicalisation in Xinjiang. In row 66, a 34-year-old man with the first name Memettohti was interned for precisely this reason, despite being described as posing "no practical risk". And then there's the 28-year-old man Nurmemet in row 239, put into re-education for "clicking on a web-link and unintentionally landing on a foreign website". Again, his case notes describe no other issues with his behaviour. The 311 main individuals listed are all from Karakax County, close to the city of Hotan in southern Xinjiang, an area where more than 90% of the population is Uighur. Predominantly Muslim, the Uighurs are closer in appearance, language and culture to the peoples of Central Asia than to China's majority ethnicity, the Han Chinese. In recent decades the influx of millions of Han settlers into Xinjiang has led to rising ethnic tensions and a growing sense of economic exclusion among Uighurs. Those grievances have sometimes found expression in sporadic outbreaks of violence, fuelling a cycle of increasingly harsh security responses from Beijing. It is for this reason that the Uighurs have become the target - along with Xinjiang's other Muslim minorities, like the Kazakhs and Kyrgyz - of the campaign of internment. The "Karakax List", as Dr Zenz calls the document, encapsulates the way the Chinese state now views almost any expression of religious belief as a signal of disloyalty. To root out that perceived disloyalty, he says, the state has had to find ways to penetrate deep into Uighur homes and hearts. In early 2017, when the internment campaign began in earnest, groups of loyal Communist Party workers, known as "village-based work teams", began to rake through Uighur society with a massive dragnet. With each member assigned a number of households, they visited, befriended and took detailed notes about the "religious atmosphere" in the homes; for example, how many Korans they had or whether religious rites were observed. The Karakax List appears to be the most substantial evidence of the way this detailed information gathering has been used to sweep people into the camps. It reveals, for example, how China has used the concept of "guilt by association" to incriminate and detain whole extended family networks in Xinjiang. For every main individual, the 11th column of the spreadsheet is used to record their family relationships and their social circle. China's hidden camps Alongside each relative or friend listed is a note of their own background; how often they pray, whether they've been interned, whether they've been abroad. In fact, the title of the document makes clear that the main individuals listed all have a relative currently living overseas - a category long seen as a key indicator of potential disloyalty, leading to almost certain internment. Rows 179, 315 and 345 contain a series of assessments for a 65-year-old man, Yusup. His record shows two daughters who "wore veils and burkas in 2014 and 2015", a son with Islamic political leanings and a family that displays "obvious anti-Han sentiment". His verdict is "continued training" - one of a number of examples of someone interned not just for their own actions and beliefs, but for those of their family. The information collected by the village teams is also fed into Xinjiang's big data system, called the Integrated Joint Operations Platform (IJOP). The IJOP contains the region's surveillance and policing records, culled from a vast network of cameras and the intrusive mobile spyware every citizen is forced to download. The IJOP, Dr Zenz suggests, can in turn use its AI brain to cross-reference these layers of data and send "push notifications" to the village teams to investigate a particular individual. The man found "unintentionally landing on a foreign website" may well have been interned thanks to the IJOP. In many cases though, there is little need for advanced technology, with the vast and vague catch-all term "untrustworthy" appearing multiple times in the document. It is listed as the sole reason for the internment of a total of 88 individuals. The concept, Dr Zenz argues, is proof that the system is designed not for those who have committed a crime, but for an entire demographic viewed as potentially suspicious. China says Xinjiang has policies that "respect and ensure people's freedom of religious belief". It also insists that what it calls a "vocational training programme in Xinjiang" is "for the purposes of combating terrorism and religious extremism", adding only people who have been convicted of crimes involving terrorism or religious extremism are being "educated" in these centres. However, many of the cases in the Karakax List give multiple reasons for internment; various combinations of religion, passport, family, contacts overseas or simply being untrustworthy. The most frequently listed is for violating China's strict family planning laws. In the eyes of the Chinese authorities it seems, having too many children is the clearest sign that Uighurs put their loyalty to culture and tradition above obedience to the secular state. China has long defended its actions in Xinjiang as part of an urgent response to the threat of extremism and terrorism. The Karakax List does contain some references to those kinds of crimes, with at least six entries for preparing, practicing or instigating terrorism and two cases of watching illegal videos. But the broader focus of those compiling the document appears to be faith itself, with more than 100 entries describing the "religious atmosphere" at home. The Karakax List has no stamps or other authenticating marks so, at face value, it is difficult to verify. It is thought to have been passed out of Xinjiang sometime before late June last year, along with a number of other sensitive papers. They ended up in the hands of an anonymous Uighur exile who passed all of them on, except for this one document. Only after the first batch was published last year was the Karakax List then forwarded to his conduit, another Uighur living in Amsterdam, Asiye Abdulaheb. She told the BBC that she is certain it is genuine. "Regardless of whether there are official stamps on the document or not, this is information about real, live people," she says. "It is private information about people that wouldn't be made public. So there is no way for the Chinese government to claim it is fake." Like all Uighurs living overseas, Ms Abdulaheb lost contact with her family in Xinjiang when the internment campaign began, and she's been unable to contact them since. But she says she had no choice but to release the document, passing it to a group of international media organisations, including the BBC. "Of course I am worried about the safety of my relatives and friends," she says. "But if everyone keeps silent because they want to protect themselves and their families, then we will never prevent these crimes being committed." At the end of last year China announced that everyone in its "vocational training centres" had now "graduated". However, it also suggested some may stay open for new students on the basis of their "free will". Almost 90% of the 311 main individuals in the Karakax List are shown as having already been released or as being due for release on completion of a full year in the camps. But Dr Zenz points out that the re-education camps are just one part of a bigger system of internment, much of which remains hidden from the outside world. More than two dozen individuals are listed as "recommended" for release into "industrial park employment" - career "advice" that they may have little choice but to obey. There are well documented concerns that China is now building a system of coerced labour as the next phase of its plan to align Uighur life with its own vision of a modern society. In two cases, the re-education ends in the detainees being sent to "strike hard detention", a reminder that the formal prison system has been cranked into overdrive in recent years. Many of the family relationships listed in the document show long prison terms for parents or siblings, sometimes for entirely normal religious observances and practices. One man's father is shown to have been sentenced to five years for "having a double-coloured thick beard and organising a religious studies group". A neighbour is reported to have been given 15 years for "online contact with people overseas", and another man's younger brother given 10 years for "storing treasonable pictures on his phone". Whether or not China has closed its re-education camps in Xinjiang, Dr Zenz says the Karakax List tells us something important about the psychology of a system that prevails. "It reveals the witch-hunt-like mindset that has been and continues to dominate social life in the region," he said.

اطلعت هيئة الإذاعة البريطانية (بي بي سي) على وثيقة يبدو أنها تعطي أقوى فكرة حتى الآن حول كيفية تحديد الصين لمصير مئات الآلاف من المسلمين المحتجزين في شبكة من معسكرات الاعتقال.

الأويغور في الصين: محتجزون بسبب اللحى والحجاب وتصفح الإنترنت

A spokesman for the Human Rights Commissioner, Navi Pillay, told the BBC the allegations were so serious that the fighting in Sri Lanka required an inquiry similar to that recently carried out into the Gaza conflict. Earlier this week, a report prepared by the US state department documented incidents in the final months of the war which it said might constitute crimes against humanity. It detailed allegations of military shelling of Tamils as well as charges of Tamil Tigers using civilians as human shields. But Sri Lanka has rejected the report saying the accusations were unsubstantiated.

قال مكتب المفوض السامي لحقوق الإنسان بالأمم المتحدة إن هناك حاجة لإجراء تحقيق لمعرفة ما إذا كانت جرائم حرب قد ارتكبت في المراحل الأخيرة من الصراع في سريلانكا.

الأمم المتحدة: هناك حاجة إلى تحقيق على غرار ما حدث في غزة

David Gregory-KumarScience, Environment & Rural Affairs Correspondent Be it the Boxing Day sales or a new year's party then the chances are you'll turn your back for a second and people just wander off. So what's the optimum strategy for finding your friends or family in as short a time as possible? Should you stay put and wait for them to find you or head off and hope to track them down yourself? Fortunately statistician Nathan Cunningham, from the University of Warwick, has been crunching the numbers. He's run thousands of simulations to see which is the best option. Stand still or set off on a search? Simulation For Nathan this was borne out of a desire to work out the best way of finding his friends at a music festival. He set up a computer simulation and left it to run. Little virtual friends tried to find each other 100,000 times. The end result? If both of you set out to find the other, you will usually achieve your goal faster than if one of you stays put and waits to be found. And of course if both of you stay put, then you're not going to have any luck at all. Sometimes you could wait 50% longer to find a friend if you chose to stay put rather than if you both start searching. Try it yourself Chatting with Nathan about all this, he said after he'd published all this it turned out that, apparently, this sort of problem is a well studied area of statistics. Fortunately, his simulations matched up with the current theory. So if you get separated from your friends in a crowd don't stand around and wait for them, set off to find them and hope they do the same as well. Not convinced? Well try it yourself in the real world or read Nathan's paper and try his simulations for yourself here. Or you can even can tinker with Nathan's code here.

هذا هو الموسم الذي تفقد فيه الأصدقاء وسط حشد من الناس.

البقاء ساكنا أو البحث؟ العثور على صديق ضائع وسط حشد من الناس

I've been living in South Africa since 1997, my wife is South African and we have two children, aged 14 and 16. My wife is worried about what future our children will have if the xenophobic attacks become the norm. We don't know how to explain the hatred against Nigerians to our families, to our children. This is the third round of attacks against foreigners; one was in 2008 where people were killed, again in 2015. I now get calls from home, my family members want to know if we're safe, they see the stories in the news. I do feel safe, I feel safe because I live in the suburbs away from where the unrest and violence has been happening but I don't know if I could say that if I was living in a poorer area. There are parts of this city that are no-man's land, where the police have no control over what happens, where there are no consequences for wrong-doing, that is unfortunately where the xenophobia has thrived. There is just lawlessness from all sides, by all nationalities and that sort of environment is a ticking time-bomb. Life is different in the suburbs but I do worry about my fellow Africans who become victims in these incidents, while they have nothing to do with crime. I love this country, I consider it my home and it breaks my heart to see what is happening. The government needs to seriously address the concerns people are raising - both South Africans and foreigners. Fighting stereotypes People here are saying that Nigerians are bringing drugs and prostitution but can I tell you something, while I don't condone crime, Nigerians are not the only ones involved in crime here. It's all too easy to profile one group and that is not right, it's also dangerous and puts people's lives in danger. It's important for South Africans to know that not all of us are criminals, the same way not all South Africans are engaged in crime. They need to understand that you cannot paint people with one brush. I am a hard-working man and there are many law-abiding foreigners who are helping to building the country. I own a restaurant in Randburg, we make Nigerian food and South African dishes. I also own a liquor store which has been in business since 2007. All I want to do is provide for my family and help people make a living too - some of my employees are South African. It has been a long road to get to this point. Leaving your home with nothing is not easy. There was a time when I had nothing: No money, no food, no-one. I didn't have a place to sleep and would sleep in police stations and in the streets. I moved here to study but when I came into the country, life was more difficult than I imagined it would be. It was not easy for me to register because of financial constraints but I stayed because South Africa is one of the best countries in Africa - in terms of facilities. There are better opportunities. Everyone wants a better life for themselves and their family and South Africa is seen as the best place for that but it's not easy. After years of working part-time jobs I raised enough to finally take myself to school, I completed a business management course in 2010 and that has helped me with running my businesses. Home away from home South Africa is my home now, everything I own is here - that's why I am also unhappy about the crime and the high unemployment here. These things make life difficult. I understand where the anger is coming from - obviously if you are poor and see your neighbour, who is not even from here, succeeding it will create tensions. Nigerians love being in the lime-light and have a basket-mouth [trash-talker] and are showy. When we have money, even if it's a little, we want people to know - this makes us more noticeable than other nationalities. I think the Nigerians living here need to be aware of that and be sensitive to the issues that may cause. As for the crime, I know that sometimes people do bad things to earn a living but imagine if that was your own child that was addicted to drugs or being used as a prostitute. I'm a parent and I worry about that, that's why I don't support crime at all. Other nationalities need to respect the laws of the country, we are visitors here and need to remember that. We came to South Africa for different reasons, some of us can never return to our countries, what happens then if you ruin your chances here? We don't want to live in fear, I'm pleading with the government to address the problems that have come with migration, for the sake of our children.

النيجيرية إيميكا أوهانا، 47 عاماً، هي صاحبة متجر في جوهانسبرج، المركز الاقتصادي لجنوب أفريقيا. وقال لمراسل بي بي سي بومزا فيهلاني إنه يشعر بالقلق في أعقاب الهجمات الأخيرة التي شهدت كراهية للأجانب في أجزاء من المدينة، ويريد من الحكومة التدخل من أجل جميع الأفارقة.

كراهية الأجانب في جنوب أفريقيا: "نحن النيجيريين لسنا كلنا مجرمين"

In the early hours of Sunday 3 September last year, Kem Monovithya, a politician and daughter of opposition leader Kem Sokha, received a call from her parents - armed police were attempting to break into their family home in the capital Phnom Penh. "My mum said there's more than 100 people trying to break into our house," Monovithya said in an interview last month. They had no warrant, but with their guards being held at gunpoint, her father decided it would be safer to open the door. "He told me he had to get off the phone because 'they are going to handcuff me'," she recalls. Then the phone went dead. Kem Sokha was jailed and a year on, has never gone on trial. He remains in solitary confinement in a remote prison near the Vietnamese border. Cynical move? In the 2013 elections, Sokha and Sam Rainsy had brought their Cambodia National Rescue Party (CNRP) to within just seven seats of victory, despite accusations of vote-rigging and intimidation. Rainsy, a long-time foe of Prime Minister Hun Sen, has been living in Paris since 2015 to avoid jail over convictions widely branded as politically motivated. So as the next election approached, Sokha was the only viable threat to the prime minister's 33-year iron-fisted rule. Sokha was accused of plotting to wage a US-backed revolution. This was based upon a 2013 video where Sokha was seen telling an audience in Australia that he had been receiving political support and advice from the US. However, many saw it as a cynical move, aimed at securing victory for the ruling Cambodian People's Party (CPP). The CNRP was outlawed in November, allowing the CPP to win all 125 National Assembly seats on 29 July, making Cambodia a de facto one-party state. Sokha's arrest marked an alarming escalation in an already deteriorating political climate that had seen rights advocates, opposition supporters and critics jailed. On the day of his arrest, the Cambodia Daily published its last ever newspaper as it was shut down in a crackdown on independent media. It ran a front page headline "Descent Into Outright Dictatorship" above a photo of a startled Sokha in handcuffs. 'Completely traumatised' For the past year, the only people who have been allowed to visit Sokha are his wife, Te Chanmono, and lawyers. The government has rejected repeated requests for visits from international observers, UN officials, foreign diplomats and human rights officers. Sokha spends most of his days alone and prison guards generally do not converse with him, Monovithya says. Chanmono was only recently allowed to bring him books, mostly relating to Buddhist meditation, but he is still banned from using pens and pencils, she adds. One of Sokha's lawyers, Heng Pheng, who visits his client every few weeks, says he attempts to stay active and is allowed to grow vegetables but his moods are up and down, often due to his serious health problems. He currently is suffering from high blood pressure, severe pain in his shoulder and diabetes but is being denied surgery and other medical treatment. Monovithya says the family home in Phnom Penh is also under regular surveillance and her mother is "completely traumatised". "I think it's more difficult on her psychologically than any of us." Hun Sen has been known to ramp up oppression during politically tense periods before relieving the pressure valve once he has stamped his authority once more. So with the election done and dusted, some observers were expecting Sokha to be released on bail. Almost all the other detained CNRP members were recently free but, last week, Phnom Penh Municipal Court extended Sokha's pre-trial detention for a further six months. This came a day after Hun Sen told around 10,000 garment workers that he would keep the opposition leader locked up, which appeared to once again contradict his claims that the country's judiciary is independent. Astrid Noren-Nilsson, an associate senior lecturer at Sweden's Lund University specialising in Cambodian politics, says the decision to keep Sokha locked up illustrates that the ruling party will not be relaxing its heavy-handed approach to the CNRP. "The election marks a transition to a new, one-party order, and the government needs to establish the 'new normal'," she argues. She says the international community could press for Sokha's release by making credible threats to Cambodia's economy. Cambodia generated more than $7bn (£5.4bn) from exporting garment and footwear products last year. The main importer is the EU, which allows Cambodia duty-free access under the Everything But Arms agreement, on the condition that democratic and human rights standards are met. The EU has said it could consider taking action against Cambodia if the political situation does not improve. While there was never much hope that the CNRP could contest the election, she says, "the release of Kem Sokha could be a minor enough concession". 'Not a decent person' Government spokesman Phay Siphan denied any suggestion that Kem Sokha was being held as a political prisoner, insisting he was guilty of treason. He dismissed claims the government could be pressured into releasing Sokha by threats of sanctions or the potential removal of its preferential trade access for garment exports. "EBA is completely different and cannot interfere with the court's decision," he said. "Let the court do their own process." Monovithya says that she believes her father would not turn his back on politics or go into exile if released, like Sam Rainsy and most senior opposition figures. Until then, she says, she has no hope of him being released on humanitarian grounds. "I don't think [Hun Sen] would release him just because he's in power and the election is done, because obviously this is not a decent person." She believes the only chance of her father being released is if his detention becomes a genuine burden to Cambodia's long-serving strongman: "If there's no cost of keeping him he will continue to keep him." George Wright is a freelance reporter based in Phnom Penh

لم يكن الفوز الساحق الذي حققه الحزب الحاكم في كمبوديا في الانتخابات الأخيرة مفاجئا، إذ أن انتشار السجون على نطاق واسع للمنافسين يعني أنه لم يعد هناك أي معارضة سياسية. وأبرزهم لا يزال في السجن، مع عدم وجود أمل فوري للإفراج عنه، كما يقول جورج رايت.

كيم سوخا: سُجن بسبب وقوفه في وجه رجل كمبوديا القوي

I'd like to tell you about the time I was sitting in the corner of a pub blurting out the titles of Al Pacino movies, while patting my head and rubbing my stomach. I'd probably better put this in context. I have Non-Epileptic Attack Syndrome, a condition which causes me to have partial seizures, leaving me unable to walk and half-conscious, although I can still respond up to a point. It's a bit like being struck by lightning. Not necessarily in terms of the physical impact but the randomness, as they can hit whenever and wherever I am. If you watch out for the warning signs, such as dizziness, you can prevent yourself from having an attack by engaging the left and right side of the brain to stop it from shutting down and helping you to stay conscious. Something like patting your head and rubbing your stomach is perfect. It can be quite a tricky manoeuvre for novices, but I'm an absolute legend at it now. It also helps if you think about your immediate surroundings and focus on all five senses to remind yourself what's happening around you. What do I see? Avocado salad. What do I hear? A colleague announcement: "Can Frederick please assist with a sparkling wine spillage?" What do I smell? Organic Turkish Delight. What do I feel? Out of my depth. Where am I? Waitrose. Relax. Pretend to be middle class. Singing helps, too, if you focus on the memorised words. It's funny how your musical tastes change over the years, particularly after becoming a parent. The teenage raver inside me was mortified when I successfully averted a seizure for the first time by banging on the kitchen cupboards and singing "B.I.N.G.O. And Bingo was his name-o!" Up until last year, it was assumed I had epilepsy, so I was given lots of drugs, which didn't work. It got to a point where I had several attacks a day and my wife and I moved in with my parents temporarily so they could help look after the kids. I was eventually referred to a neuropsychiatrist and diagnosed with "non-epileptic seizures", and things got back to normal. Shortly afterwards, my dad drove me and my son home from Lancashire to Hampshire. We stopped at a pub for lunch. I was still off my face on medication, so orange juice was all I could handle, and my dad took my little boy off for a walk. I was sat alone in the corner of the pub when dizziness kicked in - a lightening strike was imminent. I started to pat my head and rub my stomach and the dizziness subsided a little, but not enough, so I went through my check-list. What do I see? Red and white carpet with mysterious dark-brown blotches. What do I hear? Lionel Richie's Dancing on the Ceiling. What do I smell? Heineken and crisps. What do I feel? Slightly nauseous. Where am I? A pub. Relax. Pretend to be working class. This wasn't quite doing the trick, so I tried another approved technique - recalling facts. "Serpico," I said out loud. "The Godfather. The Godfather Part Two. Dog Day Afternoon." I had my eyes closed, so I almost didn't notice the man from the opposite table asking what I was up to. "I'm naming Al Pacino films," I replied. This wasn't the time or place to elaborate and he was clearly too polite to ask why I was patting my head and rubbing my stomach at the same time, so I just said: "It helps me concentrate." "Scent of a Woman," he said. "What?" "Scent of a Woman, Al Pacino." "Hang on," I said. "I'm starting at the 70s and working my way up - that one's 1992." "So it was," he said. "Oi, Mick!" He called across the bar. "Mick's on the quiz team," he explained, "He'll help." Sure enough, Mick was a human encyclopaedia and started to reel films off at breakneck speed: "Scarface, 1983. Revolution, 1985," all the way up to Misconduct, 2016. "By the way, what's all of this business?" Mick said, imitating me by patting his head and rubbing his stomach. "It's a long story," I replied. I'd come to my senses sufficiently by now to offer an explanation, but sometimes that simple phrase is enough and Mick was completely satisfied. "You've really helped me out there, guys," I said to them. I was now fully conscious, another crisis averted and on the verge of conquering this major illness, in the most unlikely way. My new friend Mick came over all serious, like he'd realised there was more to this exchange than some Hollywood nostalgia. "Listen," he said. "I'm off to the bar. I'll get you another orange juice. And when I get back let's start on Robert De Niro!" Storytelling Live: Tales of the Misunderstood Frank was one of seven people with a disability or mental health problem to perform a story about awkward moments as part of BBC Ouch's storytelling event at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival. You can also read: Look out for a special TV programme which brings all the tales together. For more Disability News, follow BBC Ouch on Twitter and Facebook, and subscribe to the weekly podcast. For more Disability News, follow BBC Ouch on Twitter and Facebook, and subscribe to the weekly podcast.

يمكن أن تثير الحياة مع الإعاقة في بعض الأحيان أسئلة وحساسيات غير معلنة، ولكن وسط الإحراج يمكن أن تكون هناك روح الدعابة. فيما يلي نسخة منقحة من رسم تخطيطي قام به فرانك بيرتون، الذي يعاني من اضطراب نوبة غير صرع، في مهرجان أدنبرة فرينج.

كيف جاء آل باتشينو لإنقاذي

By Paul RinconScience editor, BBC News website Nasa has plans to send a man and woman to the lunar surface by 2024, in the first landing with humans since Apollo 17 in 1972. In the last 20 years, astronauts have been making routine trips to and from the International Space Station (ISS). But the Moon is nearly 1,000 times further than the ISS; getting astronauts there requires a monster rocket. The SLS is the modern equivalent of the Saturn V, the huge launcher built during the Apollo era. Like the Saturn, it is split into segments, or stages, stacked on top of each other. But the rocket also incorporates technology from the space shuttle. The first version of the SLS will be called Block 1. It will undergo a series of upgrades in coming years so that it can launch heavier payloads to destinations beyond low-Earth orbit. The Block 1 SLS will tower 23 storeys above the launch pad - making it taller than the Statue of Liberty. "It is truly an immense rocket. It is just jaw-droppingly big," said John Shannon, vice president and program manager for the SLS at Boeing, the rocket's prime contractor. He told BBC News in 2019: "When you see the SLS put together, you just haven't seen anything like it since the Saturn V." The rocket will launch astronauts in Nasa's next-generation crew vehicle - Orion, boosting it to the speeds necessary to break out of low-Earth orbit and travel onwards to the Moon. How the rocket works The SLS consists of a giant core stage flanked by two solid rocket boosters (SRBs). The core houses two large storage tanks: one for liquid hydrogen, the fuel, and another for liquid oxygen, an "oxidiser", which makes the fuel burn. Together, these are known as propellants. At the base of the core stage are four RS-25 engines, the same ones that powered the spaceplane-like shuttle orbiter, retired in 2011. When liquid hydrogen and oxygen are fed into the engine chambers and ignited with a spark, the chemical reaction produces vast amounts of energy and steam. The steam exits engine nozzles at speeds of 16,000 km/h (10,000 mph) to generate thrust - the force that propels a rocket through the air. The SRBs give the rocket extra power to escape gravity's clutches. These twin boosters stand more than 17 storeys tall and burn six tonnes of solid propellant each second. They provide 75% of total thrust during the first two minutes of flight. The most powerful rocket ever? If we use thrust as a measure, the SLS will be the most powerful rocket ever when it flies to space in 2021. The Block 1 SLS will generate 8.8 million pounds (39.1 Meganewtons) of thrust at launch, 15% more than the Saturn V. In the 1960s, the Soviet Union built a rocket called the N1, in a bid to reach the Moon. Its first stage could produce 10.2 million pounds (45.4 Meganewtons) of thrust. But all four test flights ended in failure. A future version of the SLS - called Block 2 cargo - should approach the N1's thrust levels. But a vehicle called Starship, being developed by Elon Musk's company SpaceX, should exceed both - producing as much as 15 million pounds (66.7 Meganewtons) of thrust. Starship is currently under development, although there is no firm date for its first flight. The SLS in numbers How shuttle technology was re-used The SLS core stage is based on the space shuttle's foam-covered external tank. This tank fed propellant to three RS-25 engines at the rear of the shuttle orbiter. The solid rocket boosters play much the same role in both vehicles. But the SLS is a very different beast. A number of components and structures derived from the shuttle underwent significant design changes because of the different levels of stress placed on them by the SLS. As an example of these different stresses, in the space shuttle, the RS-25 engines were canted up and away from the solid rocket boosters. Moving them next to the SRBs exposes them to more shaking. As a result, every system in the complex SLS engine section had to be rigorously tested to ensure it could withstand the vibrations. Why the SLS was built In February 2010, the Obama administration cancelled Constellation - George W Bush's troubled plan to return to the Moon by 2020. The news came as a devastating blow to workers in five southern states - Alabama, Florida, Louisiana, Mississippi and Texas - where Nasa's human spaceflight programme funded tens of thousands of jobs. Some Capitol Hill legislators were furious. At the time, Richard Shelby, a republican senator from Alabama, said Congress would not "sit back and watch the reckless abandonment of sound principles, a proven track record, a steady path to success, and the destruction of our human spaceflight programme". As a compromise, lawmakers from affected states insisted on a single super heavy-lift rocket to replace the Constellation launchers cancelled by the White House. The SLS design, which was based on Nasa technical studies, was unveiled in 2011. After work started, delays and cost overruns gave ammunition to critics, who thought Nasa should rely on rockets operated by commercial providers. But without significant modifications, no existing boosters have sufficient power to send Orion, astronauts and large cargo to the Moon in one flight - as the SLS would have. A recent oversight report says Nasa will have spent more than $17bn on the SLS by the end of the 2020 fiscal year. But with the rocket's development phase now over, success in a series of eight "Green Run" tests being carried out on the core stage should clear the way for launch in 2021. John Shannon, who has been in charge of the SLS at Boeing since 2015, explained: "I suspect that once SLS is in the national capability there won't be a need for another heavy-lift vehicle like it for many years. So this is really a once-in-a-generation opportunity." Follow Paul on Twitter.

تعمل وكالة ناسا على تطوير صاروخ ضخم يسمى نظام الإطلاق الفضائي (SLS) لإطلاق رواد الفضاء إلى القمر - وفي النهاية إلى المريخ. من المقرر أن يتم إطلاقها لأول مرة في نوفمبر 2021، وتعد SLS أقوى مركبة إطلاق تم بناؤها منذ الستينيات.

صاروخ SLS العملاق التابع لناسا: دليل

Justin RowlattSouth Asia correspondent@BBCJustinRon Twitter What happened? On 9 April, a Kashmiri man called Farooq Ahmed Dar was trussed to the spare tyre at the front of a jeep and driven on a five-hour journey through several villages at the head of an army convoy. He had just voted in a by-election for the national parliament when he was picked up by an army patrol. He was allegedly beaten before he was lashed to the vehicle with a sign saying "This is the fate that will befall stone throwers" pinned to his chest. Kashmir is disputed between India and Pakistan and Indian-administered Kashmir has seen a fresh upsurge of violence in the past few months, with stone-throwing civilians pitted against military personnel. Why was he seized? The young army officer responsible, Major Leetul Gogoi, said Mr Dar was seized because he was directing a stone-throwing mob that was besieging a polling station - something denied by both Mr Dar and witnesses in the village. Major Gogoi says he decided to tie Mr Dar to the jeep in a "fraction of a moment" and subsequently claimed it saved 12 lives. Despite the length of Mr Dar's ordeal, he argues it created "a window to move out of the area safely". How did people react? The incident was filmed and shared on social media, causing uproar in the Muslim-majority Kashmir Valley. The use of Mr Dar as a human shield was criticised around the world. Amnesty International described it as "cruel, inhuman and degrading treatment amounting to torture". The Indian government announced there would be an inquiry into the incident but on 22 May, before the inquiry had been completed, the army awarded Major Gogoi a commendation medal for, it said, his "sustained efforts during counter-insurgency operations". What does the decision to award the medal tell us about the situation in Kashmir? This incident shows just how difficult India is finding it to keep a lid on unrest in Kashmir. Indian army sources have told the BBC that morale among soldiers stationed in the valley is very low. Many soldiers are becoming increasingly uncomfortable with their role in Kashmir, saying they fear they are effectively becoming an army of occupation. Meanwhile, opposition to Indian rule in Kashmir appears to be deepening. That is reflected in the fact that Mr Dar was just one of 7% of eligible voters who actually voted in the by-election - the lowest turnout for decades. "We are fighting a legacy of political betrayal, infiltration, rigging in local elections, cynical politics, bad governance, vested interests, religion and regional divides," one senior army officer in Kashmir told my colleague, Soutik Biswas, a few weeks ago. The officer acknowledged how difficult it is to operate in an environment where many people want the army to withdraw and said that, despite efforts to reach out to Kashmiris, the army remains unpopular. How does the army justify the medal? This weekend the chief of the Indian army, General Bipin Rawat, was clear why he wanted to honour Major Gogoi. He told the Press Trust of India (PTI) that the medal was given as a way of boosting the morale of young officers. Gen Rawat served for many years in Kashmir and, like many Indians, believes much of the opposition to Indian rule is orchestrated by Pakistan. He described Major Gogoi's actions as an "innovation", arguing the armed forces have the right to self-defence and that by using Mr Dar as a human shield, he avoided the need to fire on the crowd. "This is a proxy war and a proxy war is a dirty war. It is played in a dirty way. That is where innovation comes in. You fight a dirty war with innovations," he told PTI. "People are throwing stones at us, people are throwing petrol bombs at us. If my men ask me what do we do, should I say, just wait and die? I will come with a nice coffin with a national flag and I will send your bodies home with honour. Is it what I am supposed to tell them as chief? I have to maintain the morale of my troops who are operating there," Gen Rawat said. Will the conflict in Kashmir worsen? That's certainly what many Kashmiris fear will happen. They say that the award of the medal to Major Gogoi has deepened opposition to Indian rule and to the presence of the army. Gen Rawat actually appears to be keen to see an escalation in the conflict in Kashmir. "In fact," he told journalists, "I wish these people, instead of throwing stones at us, were firing weapons at us. Then I would have been happy. Then I could do what I [want to do]." This is an extraordinary sentiment and a measure of just how difficult India is finding it to keep order in its most restive province. His worry is that Kashmiris are losing their fear of his troops. If that happens, he says, the country is doomed. "Adversaries must be afraid of you and at the same time your people must be afraid of you," says Gen Rawat. "We are a friendly army, but when we are called to restore law and order, people have to be afraid of us."

إذا كنت تريد أن تعرف لماذا أثارت الهند جدلاً دولياً من خلال منح ميدالية لضابط في الجيش قام بربط مدني إلى مقدمة سيارة جيب، فيتعين عليك أن تفهم ما يحدث حقاً في الجزء الخاضع للإدارة الهندية من كشمير.

لماذا دافع الجيش الهندي عن كشمير بضابط "درع بشري"؟

Dominic CascianiHome affairs correspondent@BBCDomCon Twitter So let's take a few steps back from lofty legal talk of open justice and look at practical examples of what this is all about. The key aim of the bill is to allow the courts to close their doors more frequently when they are dealing with cases involving national security. The easiest way to understand that is to think about cases where someone is alleging that MI5 or MI6 are guilty of, or complicit in, wrongdoing. Binyam Mohamed was detained in the wake of the US-led invasion of Afghanistan. Pakistani interrogators first beat him and then the US organised his rendition to Morocco. He was tortured and, at one point, they took a scalpel to his genitals. He ended up in Guantanamo Bay. His British lawyers fought a long-battle to prove that London had some indication of his treatment before he was taken to Morocco. They argued that information helped prove that any confession he had made was worthless, because people will say anything to stop the pain. That is why international law bans torture. Now, Binyam Mohammed won his case and we know, in seven highly sensitive paragraphs, what Washington told London. The question at the heart of the bill is whether that kind of national security information can ever be made public? The government's answer is no - and it wants to use a "Closed Material Procedure" (CMP) to protect the information. CMP was created in the late 1990s and is a key feature in terror deportation cases like that of radical Jordanian cleric Abu Qatada. It is also fundamental to court cases where terrorism suspects challenge restrictions on their liberty, known as T-Pims (the system that used to be called Control Orders). Special Advocates The suspect hears part of the case against them - but not all of it. A point comes when they have to leave the court, the doors are locked and government lawyers reveal the "closed" case - the full Security Service assessment of the danger posed by that individual. For example, MI5 may have intelligence that the individual was planning to join a terrorism training camp in Pakistan. The Security Service may not want that information in the public domain because it either gives clues to how the person is being monitored or reveals the identity of an informant. The intelligence could also be a tip-off from a foreign agency. A security-vetted lawyer - known as a Special Advocate - acts for the suspect or deportee, but cannot talk to them once they have had read the secret case. Now, critics say that if the Special Advocate cannot ask the suspect to respond to the allegation that he was planning to attend a camp, then the lawyer cannot properly challenge the govenrment's case. And that's why many lawyers say the system is manifestly unfair, even though the European Court of Human Rights has ruled that it isn't. Government accused The government wants to extend the system into other parts of civil law, such as damages claims or "judicial review" cases, where ministers or agencies are the accused. It won't be used in criminal trials - but ministers say they need CMP to defend themselves. Reading University has compiled a comprehensive list of cases that might be affected by more CMP. At present, when someone sues the government, ministers must account for their actions in open court. If ministers want to protect a sensitive document, they can seek use a procedure that withdraws that evidence from the case so neither side can rely on it. Under the new system, where a case involves national security, part of the defence would be under the Closed Material Procedure. When former Guantanamo Bay detainees sued the UK, accusing security and intelligence services of being complicit in American wrongdoing, they demanded disclosure of government papers which they said would prove their case. They never saw all the material because the government paid them millions to drop the claims. Ministers were determined at whatever cost to prevent sensitive techniques, sources and intelligence from being made public. But ministers felt that they had not been able to defend themselves in this case because the Closed Material Procedure could not be used. Critics say this is nonsense - and they paid out to avoid international embarrassment. But under the new system there would be no need for a pay-out because the government could try to defend itself behind closed doors. Whoever won, the claimant and the public would see a public version of the judgement - but never know the full reasons for the outcome. Critics say this erodes the fundamental principle that both sides are equal before the law. The practical effect, they say, is that alleged wrongdoing would go unexposed. Sapna Malik of law firm Leigh Day and Co has been involved in some of the key cases and is preparing the forthcoming legal action over alleged Libyan renditions. She says: "Under the current system, if it is believed that material will harm national security, it is either withheld from the proceedings entirely or procedures are put in place to protect the most sensitive parts, from redacting documents to witnesses giving their evidence anonymously." Lawyers like Sapna Malik are not lone voices. The Supreme Court threw out an attempt by the government to use CMP in the Guantanamo Bay compensation case. And the Special Advocates don't like the system either. They told the Ministry of Justice that it's just not true to say that the system is fair because they are often confronted with security assessments which they cannot properly check out. The security establishment sees it differently because officials believe that the pressure to reveal material means the government cannot defend itself, even if an allegation is flimsy. And so, if it cannot have closed courts, officials would rather ministers write cheques to claimants than give away the techniques vital to the work of MI5 and co. Underlining this is a bigger question. If a society accepts that it needs secret agencies doing secret work on behalf of citizens, does that logically mean the secrecy can never end? Nowhere is this principle more sensitive than when it comes to information given to the UK by foreign powers - and in particular the US. The exchange of information between London and Washington is deep and British officials fear Washington will be reluctant to share as much if there is a chance of the material being made public. Nobody is really suggesting that the Americans would not alert the UK to a bomb on a train. But if dirty linen is washed in public, then the flow of other information that helps national security might slow down.

تشير العناوين الرئيسية لمشروع قانون العدالة والأمن إلى تراجع كبير من جانب الحكومة فيما يتعلق بالسرية في التحقيقات. لكن الحقيقة هي أن الهدف الأساسي لهذا التشريع المثير للجدل يظل: حماية معلومات الأمن القومي بأي ثمن.

التحليل: مسألة المحاكم السرية

The story of the relationship between just-elected Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad and Anwar Ibrahim is so full of drama it would be fitting for Shakespeare - loyalty, betrayal, tragedy and irony meld together in a narrative for the ages. Dr Mahathir, now 92, first put Anwar in prison on corruption and sodomy charges in politically charged circumstances in 1999. But he has now come out of retirement, won a second stint as prime minister - and provided the key to his former deputy's release nearly two decades later. Mr Anwar himself read all the volumes of Shakespeare when in prison after Dr Mahathir jailed him. Yet the chance for Dr Mahathir to assure the release and pardon of Mr Anwar allows the relationship to come full circle, where enemies become friends. And unlike many of Shakespeare's plays, the story is one where the villain becomes the hero. Riding the wave At the core of the story of the two men is political power, and the drive to secure and maintain it. Dr Mahathir first brought Mr Anwar into his government in 1982. Mr Anwar had risen to prominence as a dynamic, charismatic student leader, who mobilised opposition to the dominant incumbent party, the United Malays National Organisation (UMNO), in the 1970s. Mr Anwar rode the rising waves of political Islam, capitalising on the space available to organise around religion and the growing international movement of Muslim empowerment surrounding the 1979 Iranian Revolution. The co-opting of Mr Anwar into UMNO was the first of many political moves in their relationship, as Mr Anwar became a protégé who rose quickly up the ranks. Mr Anwar's charisma and ability to mobilise followers served to neutralise opposition to UMNO within Malaysian society. The 1980s and early 90s were a heyday for Malaysia, with rapid economic growth and gains in development. Dr Mahathir's leadership had put the country on the international stage, in an era where Asia was seen to be rising in influence. Mr Anwar's loyalty and role were an integral part of Malaysia's success in this period. In 1993, Mr Anwar emerged as the leading contender to replace Dr Mahathir, winning a decisive victory for himself within UMNO. At that time, Mr Anwar wrote his first book, The Asian Renaissance, picking up on the momentum and aspirations in the region and distinguishing himself as an Asian public intellectual. He began to openly discuss the need for political reform, showcasing a difference in the two men as one who wanted to hold on to power and another who aspired to win it through calls for reform. Crunch time The reckoning would come after the 1997 Asian Financial Crisis. In 1998 Mr Anwar challenged Dr Mahathir for control of the party. The challenge was filled with vicious personal attacks across the political divide, as ideological struggles over policy melded with allegations of corruption. Mr Anwar failed in his challenge, as Dr Mahathir proved adept at controlling the levers of power. Mr Anwar was beaten up, charged and convicted in events that shook Malaysia's political system to the core. Betrayal was viciously punished as power was retained at all cost. Dr Mahathir rejected calls for political reform and held on by winning the 1999 election. The reformasi movement calling for change was born, with Mr Anwar as its jailed leader. The 1998-99 cataclysm was to set a pattern that has shaped political contests for more than two decades, as every election was won by the person who personified political change. Even the mandates won by Abdullah Badawi in 2004 and then Najib Razak in 2013 were embedded with labels as reformers. Malaysians have closely identified with the need to improve governance. Mr Anwar remained in prison until 2004, released by Abdullah Badawi who became prime minister after Dr Mahathir stepped down in 2003. While initially popular, Mr Abdullah failed to meet the expectations of the public and stakeholders within his party, and lost decisively in the 2008 election. Dr Mahathir returned to political life to assure the political downfall of Mr Abdullah through open criticism and behind-the-scene manoeuvres within UMNO. The man who had released Mr Anwar faced Dr Mahathir's political wrath. In stepped another of Dr Mahathir's protégés - Mr Najib - who assumed the mantle of leadership in 2009. Mr Anwar was now the leader of the opposition, having successfully brought together different groups to make gains in 2008. Mr Najib followed the Mahathir playbook and convicted Mr Anwar of sodomy in a tainted political trial. But Mr Najib made the same mistake as Mr Abdullah, failing at national leadership. Changing sides The 2015 1MDB scandal and ostentatious displays of wealth tied to perceived corruption provoked strong nationalistic responses by Dr Mahathir, who openly criticised Mr Najib's leadership. Mr Najib fought Dr Mahathir, engaging in personal attacks, purging him from the party and threatening charges. Mr Najib pushed Dr Mahathir back into Mr Anwar's fold. In 2016 Dr Mahathir began collaborating with the opposition and assumed its leadership in December. An integral part of this relationship involved turning power over to Mr Anwar, after securing his release and pardon. The 92-year old steered the opposition toward victory this month, calling for Mr Najib's removal, reinstating the rule of law and political reforms. Mr Anwar's agenda of the 1990s was co-opted by the target of those criticisms, the very person who had repudiated and punished Mr Anwar for his call for change. Today, with Mr Anwar's release, the two men are allies again. They both publicly attest a commitment to political reform. The betrayals of the past, however, are there, and how much these are put aside for a shared goal is not clear. The timing of the turnover of power and scope of political reform are likely to emerge as points of difference, as for both men power has been central in their trajectories. Now more than ever Malaysians hope these men focus on loyalty to the country as opposed to personal interest and work together as allies toward strengthening Malaysia. Bridget Welsh is associate professor of political science at John Cabot University in Rome.

يعد إطلاق سراح أنور إبراهيم خطوة مهمة في بداية جديدة لماليزيا، بناءً على النصر الانتخابي المذهل الذي أطاح بالحزب الحاكم في 9 مايو/أيار. إنه أيضًا اختبار للولاء بين رجلين بينهما تنافس طويل، أحدهما كان سجان الآخر، كما كتبت بريدجيت ويلش.

الدراما السياسية في ماليزيا تستحق شكسبير

Police were called to an address on Talbot Road at about 19:35 GMT on Friday following reports of a domestic incident. The body of a 33-year-old woman was found at the house, South Wales Police said. A 56-year-old man has been arrested on suspicion of murder and is assisting police with enquiries.

ألقي القبض على رجل للاشتباه في ارتكابه جريمة قتل بعد العثور على جثة امرأة في منزل في نيث.

القبض على جريمة قتل بعد العثور على جثة امرأة في منزل نيث

Delightful squeals welcome me as I step into this museum on the East Coast Road. Once inside, I feel like Alice in Wonderland. There is Adam stepping out of the frame to hand over an apple as Eve watches, Atlas is gifting away a massive diamond and Monalisa is pouring a steaming cup of coffee. You can take a selfie with a chimp and play with a dolphin. And before you leave, you can also collect your Oscar trophy. But hang on, the journey is fraught with danger too - can you prevent your body from being cut into halves? Are you brave enough to fight the huge snake that's slithered up right behind you? Can you fight the bull that's charging towards you? And can you survive Bruce Lee's lethal kick? To contemplate my survival strategy, I sat down on the nearest chair. It was a bad idea - I got shrunk! The museum has 24 artworks on display, which have been created using 3D paintings and optical illusion. They offer the viewer an opportunity to interact and become part of the scenery. Tamil artist AP Shreethar, who has created all the exhibits, says he drew inspiration from similar click art galleries in Singapore, Malaysia, Phuket and Hong Kong and that it took him three and a half years to put together this museum. "Art galleries in southern India are generally very boring. Not many people are interested in art and few visit an exhibition," he told the BBC. The museum has had more than 47,000 visitors since it opened its doors on 14 April. Entry is ticketed at 150 rupees ($2.24; £1.68) for adults and 100 rupees for children - which is not cheap, but it has been no deterrent with hundreds of people visiting daily. At the weekends, Mr Shreethar says the museum draws up to 2,000 visitors in a day. The paintings seem to be a hit with the children as well as adults. Seven-year-old Sahasra Rushika and her four-year-old brother Atharva Raghav, who are visiting with their parents from Bangalore, are running around posing for pictures. "The angel is the best, it's my favourite, it can fly," says Saharsa. Nearby, grown men and women are posing too, cellphones have been whipped out from pockets and purses, some are taking selfies while others are calling out to friends and colleagues to take their photos. "I'm an engineer, we work under tremendous pressure. This is a surprise visit our office organised for us and we're enjoying it immensely," says Loganathan P who is visiting with his colleagues. "This place is very nice, and I'm feeling very relaxed and happy. It's taken me back to my childhood days," he adds. As he poses for a photograph with some of his colleagues, I ask him if he's going to share his photos on Facebook. "They're being sent around the world to friends and family now on WhatsApp," he says. His colleague Nirmala Mani, teases him that he is behaving like the selfie-taking chimp which she describes as "the most awesome work here". "It is very satisfying to see people enjoying themselves like this," Mr Shreethar says. A veteran of 64 art shows, held in India and abroad, he says he took ideas from the classics. "We chose Monalisa and works of Great Masters so that people can recognise them easily." Buoyed by the success of this project, now he plans to open 22 more museums, including in Delhi, Goa, Mumbai, San Francisco and Malta. Click art, he says, is perfect for today's generation, obsessed with photographs and selfies. "Seven-eight years ago this wouldn't have worked. But now everyone has a cellphone with a camera and that has made this very popular." Mr Shreethar says most visitors take 50 to 60 pictures at the museum and that their Facebook page has been tagged in nearly a million photographs. "I knew the click art museum would be a hit, but even we are astonished by the interest," he adds.

وقد زار متحف Click Art الأول في الهند، والذي يقع في مدينة تشيناي الجنوبية، أكثر من 47 ألف شخص منذ افتتاحه في أبريل. مراسلة بي بي سي جيتا باندي تلقي نظرة خاطفة على هذا العالم من العجائب لمعرفة السبب وراء اجتذابه للحشود.

المتحف في الهند الذي يقلصك

Every year, hundreds of toads make the one-mile journey from woodland across a number of roads to a housing estate in the village of St Crispins, to the south of Northampton. Many are squashed by cars and dozens more fall into drains as they try to get back to where they were born. But those that do make it alive will find that the pond has been replaced by buildings. Dangerous journey Toad patrol volunteer Donna Robins, who lives in the estate, said she feels obliged to help them through the season. She said: "My house is on the woodland where they used to live, I feel responsible. I see them getting killed every night on the road. "They are amazingly intelligent, they have migratory instincts. Some of these toads are up to 12 years old, our estate is about six years old perhaps. "These toads are going to a pond that they were born in, that's now been filled with building materials, a building site, houses or roads." She said the route to the pond is so fraught with danger that the creatures are unlikely to make the return journey. "They are heading into a building site where they are going to get killed if they don't get die on the way in," she said. More than 60 toads a night during the end of March to the beginning of April migrate over the road, and their death rate is so high that St Crispins' toad patrollers have devised a number of ways to rescue the creatures. 'Confusing' To minimise the casualties, they will drop polystyrene floats into the drains to allow toads to "hop out" and will carry out "bucket lifts" to help them cross the road to a makeshift pond. The patrollers are hoping to put a more long-term solution in place by building a new pond in the woodland, so the toads would not need to migrate, and signs to slow traffic for the toads who continue to migrate. Mrs Robins added: "They are coming from the woodland out of hibernation to a pond that doesn't exist any more. It must be quite confusing for them. "It's really not their fault." Brian Laney, a fellow toad patroller said: "The number of toads is in decline as their habitat is being substantially reduced." The patrollers are appealing for more volunteers to help the toads through the migrating season. Mrs Robins added: "It is only for a few weeks between March and April. Every night you see around 50-60 frogs on a five-minute stretch of road. "The more people we have helping the better."

بينما تبدأ الضفادع الغرامية في جميع أنحاء البلاد في الهجرة عبر المسار الخطير إلى أرض التزاوج، فإن مستعمرة معينة في نورثهامبتونشاير ستخاطر بحياتها دون جدوى، حيث تم بناء البركة التي يسافرون إليها.

تنطلق ضفادع نورثهامبتونشاير في طريق محكوم عليه بالفشل نحو الحب

Sellafield Limited says the Magnox plant was closed down on 23 February because of what it calls an "anomaly in the chemical process". The Magnox plant deals with fuel from Britain's early nuclear reactors. An initial probe suggested the problem was caused by a blockage of a chemical agent in part of the system. Sellafield bosses confirmed there was no risk to workers or the public. Two investigations into other incidents on the site are ongoing, they said.

بدأ التحقيق في سيلافيلد في كمبريا بعد أن خضع أحد مصانع إعادة المعالجة بالموقع لإغلاق محكم.

التحقيق في إيقاف التشغيل الذي تسيطر عليه شركة Sellafield قيد التنفيذ

The 50-year-old West Midlands Police officer was struck by a car in Hatherton Street, Walsall, at about 09:00 BST on Thursday. The force said it wanted to speak to Clover Johnson, 51, over the incident. The injured officer remains in hospital with a serious head injury, broken ribs and punctured lung. The officer had been attempting to defuse a domestic incident when she was hit by the car, which was later found in Thames Road, Bloxwich. Det Insp Chris Fox said: "The thoughts of the force are with her and we are doing all we can to catch the person responsible."

حددت الشرطة اسم "المشتبه به الرئيسي" الذي تريد تعقبه بعد إصابة ضابطة بجروح خطيرة في حادث صدم وهرب.

مطلوب رجل بعد أن أصيب جهاز الكمبيوتر الشخصي بجروح خطيرة في حادث الكر والفر والسال

By Shane HarrisonBBC NI Dublin correspondent It is a cold, wet day outside RTE's Dublin headquarters. And a group has gathered - as they do weekly - to complain about what they perceive as the state broadcaster's anti-Catholic bias, a charge RTE strongly denies. One issue above all else annoys the protestors - abortion. PJ Mallon came from New Ross in County Wexford to voice his opinion. 'Life is sacred' "Abortion; thou shall not kill - it's a commandment. We as Catholics and Christians believe in the commandments of God. And if you're a Christian you have to stand up for what you believe in," he said. "And we believe that life begins in the womb and ends at the tomb. No man, no scientist, no doctor has the right to take life. Life is sacred in all its forms." In another part of Dublin, pro-choice doctors have gathered for a conference organised by the National Women's Council in Ireland. They believe the government's expected decision to legislate for abortion where there is a threat to the mother's life as distinct from her health is a good first step, especially as the credible threat of suicide will be included as a grounds for a pregnancy termination. But Dr Mary Favier, said the expected legislation does not go far enough and not just because it does not allow for abortion in cases of rape, incest or where the foetus cannot survive outside the womb. Changing attitudes She said it will not alter the fact that 11 women leave the Republic every day for a British termination. "Basically what we want to see is the 5,000 Irish women who travel every year will no longer have to do so and can exercise their rights to have good quality reproductive healthcare at home in Ireland. And let's accept that Ireland has abortion like every other European country has but it has to be provided in the jurisdiction of Ireland. This is what the government has to face up to and this is what the Irish people want to see changed," she said. Several opinion polls taken since the death of the Indian dentist Savita Halappanavar suggest overwhelming support for the government's expected proposals. Mrs Halappanavar died in a Galway last October while miscarrying. She was reportedly told she could not have an abortion because Ireland is a Catholic country. Another pro-choice doctor, Peadar O'Grady - a consultant child psychologist - said there has been an amazing change in Irish attitudes to pregnancy termination. Opinion polls "Anti-choice and anti-abortion forces are now seen as a small eccentric minority, whereas before they were seen as a majority. Eighty five per cent of Irish people now support the introduction of abortion services in Ireland; a majority of general practitioners and primary care doctors also support such services but there is still a political job to be done in bringing Ireland kicking and screaming into the 21st century," he said. That is certainly not a view shared by Richard Greene from the Christian Solidarity Party and his fellow protesters outside RTE. He does not trust the opinion polls that suggest a sea change in Irish attitudes to abortion. "I don't believe them," he said. "The real question is how come 35,000 people can come out on the streets against abortion? And how come those who are promoting abortion can only get a few hundred despite being given massive coverage? And that's a phenomenon, not just in this country, but around the world." With the Irish government hoping to have its proposed bill made law by the Dail (Irish parliament) summer break in July, both pro-choice and anti-abortion campaigners are getting ready for a battle lasting several months.

ومن المتوقع أن تؤكد الحكومة الأيرلندية في المستقبل القريب أنها ستضع تشريعاً ينص على التهديد الحقيقي بالانتحار كأساس للإجهاض. مراسل بي بي سي في دبلن، شين هاريسون، يتحدث عن المعركة بين الناشطين المؤيدين لحق الاختيار والمناهضين للإجهاض.

معركة بين الناشطين المناهضين للإجهاض والمؤيدين لحق الاختيار

By James ClarkeBBC News, Sussex Eastbourne has a population of about 100,000 people and is famous for the cliffs of Beachy Head, its sunny weather and high levels of retired people. But for the past four decades it has hosted one of the world's most important grass court tennis tournaments. The women's championship, first held in 1974, is rated as a "premier" tournament. Other WTA competitions with the same status are held in Sydney, Paris, Dubai, Tokyo and Moscow - all places with a slightly higher world profile than Eastbourne, however attractive the floral arrangements on its seafront may be. Among the famous names who have held trophies aloft by the seaside are Martina Navratilova, Chris Evert, Virginia Wade, Justine Henin, Kim Clijsters, Andy Roddick, Lindsay Davenport, Monica Seles, Caroline Wozniacki and current Wimbledon champion Marion Bartoli. So how has the relatively little town carved itself such an important role in the sporting calendar? Ken Pollock, chairman of the Devonshire Park Lawn Tennis Club, where the tournament is played, said: "It's an important venue because of the quality of the grass courts, the weather - it's known as the sunshine coast - and there's ample hotel accommodation. "I go out to schools to talk about the tournament and I bill it as the "tennis town". There's nothing else like it in the country. "Eastbourne stands alone - there isn't another town which is just famous for its tennis. It marks it out as quite a remarkable place." Small town, big sporting event •Eastbourne - population 99,412, hosts a major pre-Wimbledon tennis tournament •Epsom - population 75,102, hosts The Derby •Hoylake - population 13,348, hosting the 2014 Open golf •Shepton Mallet - population 10,369, hosted boxing matches featuring Frank Bruno and Naseem Hamed in 1995 •Silverstone - population 2,176, hosts Formula 1 British Grand Prix Population statistics from 2011 census. Source: Office of National Statistics British number three Johanna Konta, who lives in Eastbourne and is ranked 110th in the world, said: "Obviously for me it's more special than for most of the players - it's one of the few chances I get to sleep in my own bed and eat my mum's cooking. "But other players find it a very nice tournament and that's why there are always some of the world's top players taking part, and why they keep coming back." Of course, Eastbourne is not the only small English town to host a major sporting event. The Derby is held in Epsom, the Open golf visits locations as obscure as Hoylake and Sandwich and Formula 1's British Grand Prix is held in Silverstone - population 2,176. But horse racing, golf and motor racing each have to be played in huge areas, meaning they are by nature more likely to be away from urban sprawl, unlike tennis - whose most famous homes are the grand slam venues of London, Paris, New York and Melbourne. "There are more glamorous locations on tour, but everyone seems to love a seaside resort and Eastbourne remains popular - despite the chilly wind that can blow through Devonshire Park on occasions," says Russell Fuller, the BBC's tennis correspondent. "After up to a fortnight in Paris, and ahead of two weeks at Wimbledon, Eastbourne provides a pleasant respite to city life. "Fewer of the very top seeds opt to play a grass court warm up event these days, but it looks as if a healthy number of top 10 players will be in attendance once again." 'I was an Eastbourne ball girl' by Libby Sutcliffe, BBC News I was just a teenage schoolgirl (above, second from right) in the late 1980s when I was given the chance to stand opposite some of the world's top female tennis players. Dozens of girls at The Cavendish School in Eastbourne were picked to be ball girls at the tennis tournament that comes to the town every year. Among the stars I threw tennis balls to were Martina Navratilova and Jennifer Capriati and I also ball girled one of the last professional games Chris Evert played in. It was a huge honour to share the centre court with some of the biggest names in the sport and we had to complete months of training to make sure we threw and rolled the balls effortlessly. We were called the unsung heroes of the event and we knew we were doing a good job if no-one noticed us. There were occasional slip ups - score boards falling over, sunburn and seagull poo splattered on a bright white skirt. Once I was stuck crouching at the net for 14 games when the umpire forgot to shout "new balls please" when it got to seven. My legs did ache. It was truly an amazing experience and I developed a knowledge and love of tennis that has stayed with me ever since. It meant for one week a year we could escape the classroom, forgot we were just teenagers, mix with the talented and famous and even appear on the TV. Although the tournament in its current format dates back 40 years, tennis has been played at the venue for far longer. Mr Pollock said the park opened on 1 July 1874 and he thinks the first championships was held there in 1881, with the tennis club starting about the same sort of time. "The current tournament came out of the South of England Lawn Tennis Championship, which was held down here in Eastbourne," he said. "The likes of Fred Perry and Rene Lacoste and co would have taken part - it was quite a prestigious tournament." The tournament has always attracted many of the world's top players. This year's event will see five of the women's top 10 players in action - previous winner, world number four and former Wimbledon runner-up Agnieszka Radwanska is top seed. Victoria Azarenka, twice Australian Open winner, is making her comeback from injury at Eastbourne and 2011 Wimbledon champion Petra Kvitova, ranked sixth in the world, is also playing, along with seventh and ninth-ranked Jelena Jankovic and Angelique Kerber. Top seed in the men's tournament is world number 14 Richard Gasquet, a former semi-finalist at Wimbledon and the US Open. Martina Navratilova, the most successful female player of all time, lifted the trophy in Eastbourne 11 times. Navratilova became so closely associated with the town she was awarded the freedom of Eastbourne in 2005, when she said: "I am deeply moved by such genuine kindness... and now I truly feel I am a part of such a noble community. "The appreciation is mutual. I appreciate Eastbourne, Eastbourne appreciates me and it's nice when it's symbiotic like that, it kind of makes you feel good." She said the players walked around among the fans, who could also watch the top stars practise. "It's all right there, it's not so spread out. The players can interact with the fans and the kids and that's what it should be." A brief history of Eastbourne tennis •1881 - First championships held at Devonshire Park •South of England Lawn Tennis Championships and many Davis Cup matches held there •1974 - Annual pre-Wimbledon tournament for women launched •2009 - Tournament becomes an event for men and women Darren Weir, chairman of the Eastbourne Hospitality Association, said the tournament was a crucial event in the town's calendar. "We all have guests that specifically stay for the tournament - my guest house is always full with spectators, and some of them have been coming for 20 years and book a year in advance. "We also have to accommodate all the support staff, the catering workers, and the bigger hotels - the four and five star hotels - host the players and their entourages, if they have any. The LTA (Lawn Tennis Association) tends to pick a hotel for the players. "If you look around all the restaurants and bars benefit from it and shops fill their window display with tennis things - the town gets a tennis buzz."

في الأسبوع الذي يسبق بطولة ويمبلدون، يتوق العديد من أفضل لاعبي التنس في العالم إلى الحصول على بعض التدريبات التنافسية في اللحظة الأخيرة. ولكن كيف أصبحت مدينة إيستبورن الساحلية الهادئة في ساسكس هي المكان الذي يذهب إليه الكثير منهم للحصول عليه؟

كيف أصبح إيستبورن جزءًا رئيسيًا من تقويم التنس؟

By Alex CampbellBBC News History has provided no shortage of "supernanny" figures with big ideas about how best to raise children. Childcare advice is a multi-billion pound industry with an avalanche of books, magazines, and television shows competing for credibility. Here are six of the people who have had the biggest impact on parenting over the past 100 years. Sir Frederick Truby King Child welfare reformer Sir Frederick Truby King is credited with drastically reducing infant mortality in his native New Zealand. His research also led to a radical improvement in childhood nutrition and he was knighted in 1925 for his contribution to society. But for all of his laudable achievements, Truby King is undoubtedly best known as an early champion of enforcement parenting - with its emphasis on discipline and detachment. The key to the Truby King method was to feed babies by the clock every four hours and preferably never at night - stoically ignoring demands for sustenance in between. He recommended placing babies in their own rooms immediately and leaving them in the garden for long periods to toughen them up. He also imposed a 10-minute daily cap on cuddles. Parenting was about routine and discipline. The formative months were for eating, sleeping and growing - not bonding. The philosophy might seem brutal to modern day doters, but childcare historian and author Hugh Cunningham says mothers were inclined to trust the experts of the era. "Not every parent at the time did it this way but they will have been aware of it. "A significant number of people simply thought science was telling them and therefore it was the right thing to do," he says. Dr Benjamin Spock Dr Benjamin Spock's Common Sense Book of Baby and Child Care is one of the best-selling books of all time, having sold some 50 million since it was first published in 1946. Challenging the child-rearing orthodoxy of the early 20th Century, Dr Spock encouraged a more gentle approach to bringing up children, and told parents to trust their own instincts and common sense. The Spock guide to parenting - which encouraged affection and recognised that every baby is different - went mainstream in the 1960s. It was probably a convenient time for a new style of parenting, according to psychologist Dr Aric Sigman. Mothers were increasingly getting used to household appliances and disposable nappies, which left far more time for cuddling, doting and pampering than most Trudy King parents were likely to have enjoyed. "Changes in parenting trends reflect changes in politics, the economy and the parents' needs, even though children's needs really haven't changed," says Sigman. Donald Winnicott About the same time as Spock's parenting guide began shifting millions, Winnicott was beginning a stint of almost 20 years of influential broadcasts for the BBC, the first of which was in 1943. His broadcasts were aimed directly at mothers, with his "good enough mother" philosophy promoting the idea that they weren't perfect. Occasional failure was not just inevitable in parenting - it was part of the child's learning curve. Like Spock, Winnicott believed in parents' intuition. "It is when a mother trusts her judgement that she is at her best," he said. The paediatrician and psychoanalyst didn't believe in setting regimes or even giving instructions. He believed in understanding, not admonishing. Mumsnet founder Justine Roberts says some parents adopt a similar style today. "I like the principle of trusting your instincts - don't sweat the small stuff too much," she says. Penelope Leach Continuing a growing trend for a liberal antidote to the routines and rituals of the previous generation, psychologist Penelope Leach rose to prominence in the 1970s and 1980s. Leach's book, Your Baby and Child: From Birth to Age Five, has sold more than two million copies since its original publication in 1977, and her work remains popular with some parents. Her style is "child-centred" parenting. You had the baby, now come the sacrifices. "Whatever you are doing, however you are coping, if you listen to your child and to your own feelings, there will be something you can actually do to put things right or make the best of those that are wrong," she notes in the book's introduction. An expert in child development, Leach has more recently spoken out against "crying-it-out" techniques - advocated by some as a method of helping to establish routine. Some have described her as "legendary for making parents feel guilty". Gina Ford The so-called Queen of Routine's parenting plans are loved and loathed but never ignored. Gina Ford's methods have been branded "absolute nonsense" by Lib Dem leader Nick Clegg and led to a legal settlement with Mumsnet after some of its members posted explicitly hostile reviews But at one point three of her books accounted for 25% of the sprawling childcare books market, and she boasts celebrity supporters such as Kate Winslet. The former maternity nurse has sold more than half a million copies of her original 1999 publication The Contented Little Baby Book. Her bestselling guide advocates a strict regime for both parent and child, broken into five-minute slots, which is built around set feeding times to establish a routine as early as possible. It recommends ignoring a crying child to help restore sleeping patterns in certain circumstances, as well as not making eye contact before bedtime to avoid excitement. Jo Frost Reality TV show Supernanny has reached tens of millions of viewers across 47 countries and spawned its own US spin-off - billing star professional nanny Jo Frost as a modern day Mary Poppins. For many parents, Frost is the inspiration for the widely used "naughty step" technique. Children who are misbehaving get a warning, but if they carry on they have to sit on a step - waiting one minute for every year of age. Afterwards, they have to apologise. Other staples, which include a regular dose of finger-wagging and face-to-face ultimatums, have also infiltrated homes across the world. But while Jo Frost's no-nonsense approach appeals to many parents, it's also been criticised for being part of a culture which invades children's privacy. Tracey Jensen, lecturer in media and cultural studies at Newcastle University, told the Guardian newspaper Supernanny offers up the spectacle of the "bad enough mother", usually working-class, who is shamed before she is transformed. 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لقد مر 70 عامًا منذ أن قام المحلل النفسي دونالد وينيكوت بترويج فكرة "الأم الجيدة بما فيه الكفاية". منذ ذلك الحين، كان هناك عدد كبير من النصائح الأبوية، بدءًا من الخطوة المشاغب وحتى الحد الزمني للاحتضان.

ستة من معلمي رعاية الأطفال الذين غيروا آباءهم

The victims, a man and a woman, were injured at the house in Kestrel Road, Dudley, on New Year's Eve. West Midlands Fire Service confirmed the pair were taken to hospital but did not give details of injuries or if they were in the house or car at the time. Police and ambulance services also attended but police have not issued further details. The incident took place shortly before 23:00 GMT.

ويبدو أن سيارة انقلبت إلى الخلف واصطدمت بجدار أحد المنازل مما أدى إلى احتياج شخصين إلى العلاج في المستشفى.

أصيب اثنان عندما عادت السيارة إلى منزل دادلي

Firefighters were called to the train, which had come to a stop in Willaston, Cheshire, at about 10:20 BST. Crewe firefighters said the passengers were "not in any danger" but had to get off at a crossing and the brigade could not account for their onward travel. They said they believed it was an Arriva service and the firm has been approached for comment. Follow BBC West Midlands on Facebook, on Twitter, and sign up for local news updates direct to your phone.

وتم إجلاء حوالي 50 راكبا من عربة قطار بعد أن اشتعلت النيران في مكونات المحرك.

إجلاء الركاب بعد اشتعال النيران في قطار في ويلاستون

Emergency services were called to an anticlockwise section between junctions 27 and 26 for the M11 and Waltham Abbey at about 19:30 BST on Thursday. The vehicle was carrying waste including paint, tyres and paper. Several loud explosions were heard. A Highways Agency spokesman said the road reopened just after 09:00 BST. There are still delays of about two hours on the anticlockwise carriageway. The spokesman urged drivers to check conditions before they set out and plan their journeys to avoid the area if possible.

وقالت وكالة الطرق السريعة إن قسما من الطريق السريع M25 في إسيكس تم إغلاقه مما تسبب في تأخيرات "شديدة" بعد حريق شاحنة أدى إلى إتلاف سطح الطريق.

تم إغلاق الطريق السريع M25 بعد أن أدى حريق شاحنة إلى إتلاف سطح الطريق في إسيكس

Phil CoomesPicture editor@philcoomeson Twitter "While I do travel and witness extraordinary things, it's not simply about jetting off to exotic places," says Vitale. "The magic really begins when I stay in one place, often for years, to get beyond the surface and talk about the things that connect us." This year Vitale is a nominee in the World Press Photo Awards for her pictures of the community-owned Reteti Elephant Sanctuary in northern Kenya. But her first step into the world of photography came when she gained an internship at a small newspaper in Raleigh, North Carolina, in the early 1990s. Later she worked as an editor for Associated Press and, as she puts it, one day built up the courage to quit and pursue her dream to be a foreign correspondent. After a spell on a newspaper in the Czech Republic, Vitale set off to cover the conflict in Kosovo,. It was here she found the desire to turn her attention to stories that bring people together and reflect life beyond the latest headline. "When we truly understand each other's stories, we are transformed, and no matter where you go, the joy of human emotions remains the same," she says. "The thing that really struck me after witnessing so much conflict and violence in my career is that every single issue I covered, whether it was war or poverty or health always ended up being dependent on nature for its outcomes. "I use nature as the foil to talk about our home, our future and where we are going. The whole point of all of this is to remind people that everything we eat and own is impacted by nature. "As a photographer the more I'm asked to document people and their issues, I realise I'm documenting nature, and the more I get asked to document nature, I realise I'm photographing people's lives. It's one and the same. "In a world of seven billion people, we must see ourselves as part of the landscape. Our fate is linked to the fate of animals." "Every story has a variety of viewpoints and truths depending on where you stand. It really takes tremendous time and patience to get to the subtleties and nuances of any story." Vitale often spends many years working on stories that are important to her, most recently making multiple trips to China for her award-winning pictures documenting the country's panda-breeding programme - as well as visits to northern Kenya to cover a story about indigenous communities protecting endangered species. "The truth is, very little 'clicking' happens," says Vitale. "I travel to some astonishing places, but the secret is about going deep and revealing more than just an 'exotic' image. "Sticking with a story for years helps you understand the complexities, characters and issues that are not always immediately obvious. "Empathy and earning trust is the most important tool I can have so they let me into those special moments. I spend a lot of time explaining why I'm doing this and why it's important. "The trick is to get access to places that no-one else can get to, and the secret to this is to know your subject better than anyone else. "So my advice to those who dream about this is to find a story close to you - maybe even in your backyard - and make it yours. You don't need to travel abroad. What you do need to do, however, is tell a story better than anyone else can, using your own unique perspective. "If you find your own story and show complete and utter dedication, then you will find a way to carve out a career." Funding is of course a big challenge and Vitale often funds the projects herself, by undertaking some teaching work or advertising commissions. She sees it as an investment. "I work to make timeless images that will have a life that carries on rather than timely images for the voracious news cycle. "I spend months and sometimes years working on these stories on my own time. "National Geographic is an incredible platform, but I don't know if people really understand how it's a place to get it seen by large audiences but there are no staff photographers, meaning we have to be very creative and find ways to make it work financially on these longer stories." "I mentor a lot of people and I believe we must pass on the torch and inspire everyone to get involved." To be as successful as this you have to devote your life to photography, sacrifices are the name of the game. Vitale is aware you have to be emotionally self-reliant and wonders how she got through some of the things that have happened to her. "It's the psychological dangers that scare me the most. "I've been harassed, threatened and learned quickly as a woman that I have to be thoughtful about how and where I work. No picture is worth my own personal safety. "I've had many terrifying experiences. My worst close call was in a village in Palestine, in Gaza. It was after a Palestinian had been shot and killed, after his funeral. "The Sun was setting and I was the only journalist still there. My instincts were telling me it was time to go, but I just wanted to get one or two more frames. And then this man started screaming, and within seconds I was surrounded by a crowd of young, very angry men who wanted blood. They wanted vengeance." Thankfully earlier in the day Vitale had spent time with the family of the man who had been killed and they were able to get her to safety. It's not just people you have to be wary of though, especially when working with wild animals such as the pandas. "We must never forget the 'wild' in wildlife," says Vitale. Though she wants to get close, to do so could be dangerous for both her and the animal. "I always talk about the challenges we face but I don't think that is enough. It doesn't motivate people when all we hear is that it's hopeless and nothing can be done. "Everywhere I go, I see people, often with very little, making huge impacts in their communities and the planet. "I think it's just as important to shed some light on those stories, where against all odds, individuals are making a difference. "This will be what saves us all." You can see more work by Ami Vitale on her website or you can follow her on Instagram. Vitale's photographs of pandas in China will soon be published in a book, Panda Love, The Secret Lives of Pandas.

غالبًا ما توصف آمي فيتالي بأنها مصورة رحلات، ونظرًا لأنها عملت في ما يقرب من 100 دولة على مدار الثمانية عشر عامًا الماضية، فسوف نسامحك على القيام بذلك. ومع ذلك، وعلى الرغم من أن صورها جميلة بشكل رائع وتأتي من العديد من الأماكن الغريبة، إلا أنها تذهب إلى ما هو أعمق بكثير من صور السفر التقليدية، حيث تربط المشاهد بقضايا عزيزة عليها وذات أهمية للمجتمع ككل.

عامي فيتالي: حياة مكرسة للتصوير الفوتوغرافي

Robert PestonEconomics editor Latterly its reputation has improved, although its decision to drop the Saudi Arabian aspect of a corruption case against BAE Systems saw it widely criticised, because it was seen to be buckling under pressure from the then government of Tony Blair. In this too-long roster of SFO boo-boos and setbacks, today's judgement - that warrants obtained by it for searching the homes and business premises of Vincent and Robbie Tchenguiz were unlawful - is perhaps its most embarrassing. In an existence of almost 25 years, the SFO has never commanded much respect from the police or from its counterparts at the Financial Services Authority (FSA), the City watchdog - whose own performance in taking action against financial wrongdoers is perceived to have improved from a very low base. What FSA officials say about the SFO is frequently not repeatable in polite company. In its own defence, the SFO has consistently argued that its budget is too small to give it a fighting chance of meeting the expectations of politicians and the public: those it investigates and prosecutes can usually afford the most expert and expensive lawyers and advisers. In 2008-09, for example, the SFO had a budget of £53m. That fell to £36m in 2010-11 and to £33m last year. By contrast, the FSA's budget for enforcement and fighting financial crime was £75.4m in 2011-12, which was 11% up on the previous year. The reason the SFO has been squeezed, while the FSA has not, is that the SFO is financed by taxpayers whereas the FSA is funded by a levy on financial institutions. So although the judgement in today's case was humiliating for the SFO, it took comfort from the remarks of the High Court judge Sir John Thomas that "incalculable damage will be done to the financial markets of London, if proper resources, both human and financial, are not made available for such investigations and prosecutions in the financial markets of London". And, as it happens, the resources available to the SFO may be squeezed further still if - as is likely - it is ordered to pay the defence costs of the Tchenguiz brothers, which run to many millions of pounds. Also, one of the Tchenguizes, Vincent, has already made it clear that he will sue the SFO for £100m in damages. And I am told by sources close to his brother Robbie that he too will claim damages of a similar magnitude. The humiliation for the SFO, if taxpayers are forced to pay anything like that to the two erstwhile playboys and property developers, would be unlike anything it has yet suffered in its chequered history. What is perhaps even more problematic is that the SFO is embarking on its most important investigation in recent years, whether crimes were committed in the way that banks and bankers tried to manipulate the important Libor interest rates. One minister, Home Secretary Theresa May, will probably be looking at the SFO's discomfiture with mixed emotions. Just over a year ago, she tried to break up the SFO and close it down but was outvoted by her cabinet colleagues. If she were to feel vindicated today, few would be surprised. What the SFO will fear is that rather than increase its budget, she will conclude that the case against the SFO is now irrefutable and it may be time to put it out of its misery.

حصل مكتب الاحتيال الخطير (SFO) على لقب المكتب الخطير المعيب في السنوات الأولى من عمله كوحدة لمكافحة الجرائم المالية الكبرى في التسعينيات. كان ذلك بعد سلسلة من القضايا البارزة ضد جورج ووكر وماكسويلز وروجر ليفيت.

SFO: هل يمكنه النجاة من إذلال تشنغويز؟

A glass bottle hit singer Frederick Toots Hibbert, 67, as the band performed at the Dominion Riverrock outdoor music festival on Saturday. The Richmond Times-Dispatch reported that Hibbert was treated in hospital for a cut to his head. Police said a 19-year-old man has been charged with aggravated assault. Festival organisers said Hibbert was in good spirits despite the incident and regretted that the concert had to be cut short. Stephen Lecky, a spokesman for festival organiser Venture Richmond, told Rolling Stone magazine: "He was lucid. He was laughing. He was tired obviously. He had had a very long day. "He was one of the nicest men I ever met," he added.

اضطر أعضاء فريق "توتس" و"مايتالس" القدامى في موسيقى الريغي إلى قطع حفل موسيقي في فيرجينيا بعد أن أصيب المغني بزجاجة ألقيت من الجمهور.

أصيب مغني Toots و Maytals أثناء الحفل

Police have put up a cordon in Ronald Street where the man suffered gunshot injuries at about 14:00 BST. The victim was taken to hospital for treatment to his injuries which are not thought to be life-threatening, police said. Extra officers have been sent to the area to investigate and reassure residents.

تم نقل رجل إلى المستشفى بعد إطلاق نار في منطقة رادفورد في نوتنغهام.

إصابة رجل بإطلاق نار في نوتنغهام

United Utilities is spending £3.2m on the treatment works and pipeline in Abbeytown, near Silloth. The pipeline will skirt the site of a former 12th Century abbey and engineers will work with archaeologists to make sure the area is not disturbed. The work is expected to be completed in July 2012 when the old works, built in 1938, will be demolished.

من المقرر أن تحصل إحدى قرى كومبريا على محطة لمعالجة مياه الصرف الصحي لتحديث شبكات المياه الخاصة بها.

قرية كمبريا تحصل على محطة صرف صحي بقيمة 3.2 مليون جنيه إسترليني

By Peter BilesBBC World Affairs Correspondent A record of the communications is contained in government files just released by the National Archives in London under a 30-year rule. Argentine forces landed on the Falklands on the morning of 2 April. At 10:30 GMT, Britain's Foreign Secretary, Lord (Peter) Carrington, sent an urgent telegram to the governor: "You have discretion from me and the defence secretary to blow up the airstrip if you can do so, to prevent it being used after invasion to resupply an invasion force". However, communications between London and the Falklands capital, Stanley, had become intermittent, and a handwritten note on the telegram records: "This message was never received." By the following day, 3 April, the governor, Rex Hunt, had been forcibly evacuated by the Argentines to Montevideo. From there, he gave the Foreign Office a rundown of his final hours at Government House in Stanley. "We destroyed all secret papers and cypher equipment except for two Mark Vs on which we were awaiting instructions when communications failed and we ran out of time. The Mark Vs were left in the strong room and I hope will be rendered useless when the Argentines have to blow the door to get in". In the meantime, Britain's ambassador in Buenos Aires, Anthony Williams, had been taking his own "precautionary measures". A telegram on 1 April noted: "We have already started destruction of all sensitive material prior to 1981 and, more recently, of higher sensitivity. "We expect to complete this operation inconspicuously within 18 hours or in less time if it becomes appropriate to use incinerator in this smokeless zone." As Britain assembled a task force to sail for the South Atlantic, it became apparent there were not enough ships. The main requirement was for a passenger liner to carry 1,700 men. With the Queen's approval, a Royal Prerogative was invoked to requisition a P&O liner, the Canberra, and a freighter, the Norsea, which would carry vehicles and equipment. A ministerial memo to the prime minister of the time, Margaret Thatcher, had read: "Without these ships, the Chiefs of Staff assessment is that the military capability of the force would be severely degraded, given the likely threat." Dr Gregory Fremont-Barnes, a lecturer in war studies at Sandhurst, suggests Britain's grand plan was rather "ad hoc". "There was no contingency for retaking the Falklands," he says. "The papers in the National Archives show the government was caught somewhat wrong-footed. Nonetheless, once the news of the invasion comes through, they operated extremely quickly and the Task Force left on 9 April, a week after the invasion." On the diplomatic front, Mrs Thatcher received a welcome offer of assistance from President Francois Mitterrand of France on 3 April. He telephoned her to say: "If there's anything we can do to help, we should like to." But a few weeks later, as the Falklands War entered a critical phase, relations between London and Paris had soured. The government files reveal intense diplomatic efforts by Britain to prevent the sale of French Exocet missiles to Peru. In a confidential telegram to President Mitterrand, dated 30 May, Margaret Thatcher said there was dismay in London at the prospect of French missiles ending up in Argentina. "I must ask you with all the emphasis and urgency at my command to find a means of delaying the delivery of these missiles from France for at least a further month. Naturally we would prefer them not to be supplied at all but the next few weeks are going to be particularly crucial." Mrs Thatcher wrote that one Peruvian ship had been sent away from France empty, but another ship was on its way to France to take delivery of weapons - Peru was protesting to France about a breach of contract. Contained in Mrs Thatcher's message to President Mitterrand was an implicit warning: "If it became known, as it certainly would, that France was now releasing weapons to Peru that would certainly be passed on to Argentina for use against us, France's ally, this would have a devastating effect on the relationship between our two countries." There were no such difficulties between Britain and the United States. A telegram from the British embassy in Washington, dated 3 May, shows that the US Defence Secretary, Caspar Weinberger, had expressed "eagerness to give us (Britain) maximum support". The US even offered the use of an aircraft carrier, the Eisenhower. However, as the war neared its climax, the Reagan administration in Washington was trying to promote the idea of a joint US- Brazilian peacekeeping force to take over the Falklands. On 31 May 1982, President Ronald Reagan made a late night telephone call to Mrs Thatcher, urging Britain to talk before the Argentines were forced to withdraw. According to the notes recorded by John Coles, the prime minister's private secretary, Mr Reagan's view and that of the president of Brazil was that "the best chance for peace was before complete Argentine humiliation". Mr Reagan apparently said if the UK retained sole military occupancy, the UK might face another Argentine invasion in the future. However, Mrs Thatcher was in no mood to compromise. "The prime minister emphasised that the UK could not contemplate a ceasefire without Argentinian withdrawal," wrote her private secretary "The prime minister stressed that Britain had not lost precious lives in battle and sent an enormous task force to hand over the Queen's islands immediately to a contact group." The PM said she understood the president's fears but as Britain had had to go into the islands alone, with no outside help, she could not now let the invader gain from his aggression, he added. "She was sure that the president would act in the same way if Alaska had been similarly threatened." The war lasted just over 10 weeks, but the diary of Britain's 3 Commando Brigade paints a bleak picture of conditions in the Falklands as 15,000 Argentine forces surrendered on 14 June. The Argentines had been dug in for weeks and many were suffering from malnutrition and disease. This created a problem for the victorious British troops as they entered Stanley. "Near riot as a result of too many POWs moving down from the airfield", was a comment written in the Brigade diary. The weather was deteriorating. Helicopters could not fly. British forces were short of artillery rounds, and an end to hostilities was not immediately confirmed from Buenos Aires. "The momentum of the British attack had largely run out of steam in terms of its logistics, not in terms of morale or the brilliant leadership of junior commanders, but in terms of supply. I daresay that if the Argentines had put up a stiff resistance in and around Stanley itself, British forces might have found themselves in very great difficulty," says historian Gregory Fremont-Barnes. However, 3 Commando Brigade's diary catches the mood as it becomes clear the war is over: "Consolidate, re-organise, sort out, and breath a sigh of relief". All document images courtesy of the National Archives

تكشف البرقيات السرية السابقة من وقت غزو الأرجنتين لجزر فوكلاند في عام 1982 عن التدافع للعثور على سفينة كبيرة بما يكفي لإرسال قوات بريطانية إلى جنوب المحيط الأطلسي، وحرق أوراق حساسة وجهود دبلوماسية مكثفة لمنع الصواريخ الفرنسية الصنع من الوصول إلى بوينس آيرس.

برقيات فوكلاند تكشف رد المملكة المتحدة على الغزو

But a few weeks before their trial was due to start, the pair struck a plea bargain with US authorities and admitted their guilt. In numerous interviews, Mr Dunham had claimed their extradition was "disproportionate" and the case was just an "employment-related dispute" with Pace, the company they had worked for. He claimed they were "totally let down" by the British justice system, that their lives were "shattered" and that they faced months or perhaps years on remand in separate US jails. They even appeared to have attempted to take their own lives, hours before they were due to be flown out to Maryland. The Dunhams certainly garnered support and sympathy from some quarters during their drawn-out fight, but Eric Siegel was resolutely unconvinced. 'Completely violated' As president and chief executive of Pace Worldwide, he considered the Dunhams as "part of the Pace family for well over 30 years". "I feel completely violated, as do many current and former employees at the company," he told the BBC. "Their fraud nearly put us under. The fact we're still in business is a miracle." Both Mr Dunham, 59 and Mrs Dunham, 58, admitted conspiring to commit wire fraud. He pleaded guilty to an additional charge of money laundering. Mr Siegel brought Paul Dunham over to the US in 1999 to help run operations for the company, which manufactures soldering irons for the electronics industry. 'Mountain of evidence' He believes Mr Dunham had his eyes on succeeding him when he left the company in 2003. "I think Paul had designs on taking over the company, and he wasn't happy working with me or the fact I was the co-chairman and president at the time and he was really just the chief operating officer," he said. "I think he was quite envious of that and didn't want to be told what to do." In 2009, Mr Siegel was back at Pace and had suspicions about the couple's activities. By then, Paul Dunham was chief executive and his wife sales director. Mr Siegel gathered a "mountain of evidence" and the following year won a civil case against the couple in North Carolina. It sparked a criminal investigation by the Department of Justice and FBI, and the bringing of charges for which they have now been convicted. 'Warped sense' The Dunhams, meanwhile, claimed Mr Siegel had a personal vendetta against them, somehow influencing the interest of the authorities - which he describes as "laughable" and "absolutely ridiculous". "If I had that kind of power it would be amazing," he said. "I recall Paul Dunham did a news piece saying 'anyone could walk into a federal grand jury and accuse somebody of something and they'll go ahead and indict them. "I'm afraid it doesn't work that way." They also claimed they owned 20% of the company, that Mr Dunham was in charge and he did everything he was entitled to. "I believe he thought he was entitled to it, but he has a very warped sense of right and wrong and everyone else would call it fraud and theft," said Mr Siegel. "We won the civil case, then we brought the judgment over in the UK to domesticate it and have it ratified here. "They did very vigorously fight the domestication of the judgement in the UK, but they lost. "The notion they didn't have a chance to address or answer the charge is quite ridiculous."

وقد احتج بول وساندرا دونهام على براءتهما بتصميم هادئ. وفي مواجهة اتهامات بالاحتيال منذ فترة وجودهما في الولايات المتحدة، نفى الزوجان في نورثهامبتونشاير ارتكاب أي مخالفات وقاما بحملة ضد تسليمهما.

بول وساندرا دنهام الاحتيال الأمريكي "كاد يضعنا تحت"

By Jennifer ScottBBC News online political reporter Now, in his first speech to the party's conference as the party's head, he will say to voters: "I ask you: take another look at Labour. We're under new leadership. We love this country as you do." It seems to be a stance that chimes with many Labour members. According to a YouGov poll in January, as the leadership contest began, 50% of the party thought it was important for the new chief to have a sense of patriotism. It resonates among the public too: in a survey, 67% of respondents told YouGov in June they were proud of being British. But the party has a complex relationship with the concept of patriotism and Sir Keir will face challenges in getting it right. Labour historian and author of Old Labour to New, Greg Rosen, says the party tradition is rooted in patriotism, but tensions came with the approach of World War One. Former Liberal Party members joined Labour, upset by the Liberal stance on foreign policy - and the split between those for and against the war encompassed not just the House of Commons, but the Labour Party as well. Shami Chakrabarti, the former shadow attorney general under Jeremy Corbyn, says she was surprised by the divisions as she learnt the history of the party. She points to a story in a new book by Rachel Holmes, Sylvia Pankhurst - Natural Born Rebel, featuring an incident with Keir Hardie - a founder of the party. Keir Hardie was against World War One and spoke out about it in the Commons. But some Labour backbenchers defied him by quietly singing the national anthem "like a cold, cold wind" from behind, in a stunt to discredit him as anti-patriotic. "I was shocked, not just that Labour MPs could be so wrong about that tragic imperialist war, but that they were so nasty to their first leader who brought them into being," says Baroness Chakrabarti. Keir Hardie wasn't alone in his opposition to that war - Mr Rosen points to the resignation of Ramsay MacDonald, who quit as Labour leader in 1914, after saying he believed Britain should have remained neutral. Yet, at the same time, other leading Labour figures made it onto the frontbench of the coalition government to lead the war effort. This divide on foreign policy - with only those supportive of the war deemed "patriots" - continued. Mr Rosen said there were "immense tensions" in the 1930s and 1940s within Labour over the rise of fascism and Hitler. "It saw some figures far firmer in their determination to stand up to fascism than the Conservative Party, while others were quitting over their beliefs in pacifism," he says. The former shadow chancellor, Ed Balls, says this was a time Labour could point to, when it showed its patriotic background. "There have been points of tension, but if you think back to the moment of greatest peril in the last 100 years - 1939, when our national identity and national security were the most challenged - that was the moment the Labour Party joined with Churchill in a war time cabinet," he says. "British patriotism and unity at that time of greatest need was underpinned by Labour but that was consistent with the party pushing for change." In 1945, despite Churchill's leadership through the war, it was Labour and Clement Attlee that won the post-war election. "Part of the reason Labour won in 1945 was because it was seen as the party that was both patriotic but also had vision for a better Britain - not just proud but willing to act - to defend and change the country," says Mr Balls. But Attlee, who is celebrated as the great reformer and founder of the NHS, was also responsible for securing the UK's nuclear deterrent - another topic which divides Labour opinion. Symbols of patriotism John Denham - a cabinet minister under Tony Blair and Gordon Brown - said Labour's approach began to change after the "explicitly patriotic" governments of the post-war era. "From the early 1980s, that question of defence policy was again closely associated with patriotism," he said. "The party made a pledge in its manifesto for unilateral nuclear disarmament. But the merits of this went up against the patriotic representation of Margaret Thatcher's policies around the Falklands War. "It put Labour on the back foot for voters who looked for strong military presence from their leaders." Mr Balls points out: "Every Conservative conference had flown the Union Jack and used as many patriotic symbols as possible, as well as being strong on law and order, and defence. "Labour hadn't matched that." But, he says, there was an issue on the left over whether to even try. Ed Balls says there was a tension between "people who wanted to start international engagement from a place of patriotism, like David Owen, and those like Roy Jenkins, who I think saw internationalism as an alternative to patriotism". Mr Denham, who also co-founded of the English Labour Network, says it was "crucial" to Tony Blair's election win in 1997 that accusations of the party not being patriotic were "neutralised". And Ed Balls - who won his seat as an MP in 2005 - saw some new and surprising moves by Labour. He says: "I remember very well in the run up to 1997 election, Peter Mandelson brought a bulldog to a press conference in a Union Jack waistcoat. "It was part of New Labour signalling that this was now a party that was very proud of Britishness and would do the things that were necessary to protect out national security." As well as embracing a more overt patriotism in this era, New Labour ushered in another change - this time, in the party's membership. "Historically, the membership was filled with trade unions and their even bigger base in the manual, industrial working classes," says Mr Denham. "There was a built-in socially democratic, patriotic structure here. "But the membership became more middle-class, with more graduates and more city-based people. That means it is drawn from that section of society that, in general, is less likely to think about the issue of patriotism." This cohort has continued to expand among Labour members in the years after Tony Blair and Gordon Brown. And in the latest chapter of Labour's history, it has been coupled with growing numbers on the very left of the party. The party's contortions were epitomised by the incident where Emily Thornberry resigned from Labour's front bench in 2014, after sending a tweet during a by-election which was branded "snobby". She apologised for the tweet, which showed a terraced house with three England flags, and a white van parked outside. The Corbyn question mark Jeremy Corbyn was a well-established backbench rebel who showed off his left wing stripes when he took over as leader in 2015. He would speak on the record about his love for the country and support for the Armed Forces but his well-known views on the monarchy, military action and incidents such as criticism from Labour MPs that he opted to remain silent rather than sing the national anthem at a service to mark the 75th anniversary of the Battle of Britain, left a question mark over him for some voters who were looking for a patriot in their next prime minister. Former Labour MP Jenny Chapman - who lost her seat in the 2019 election and chaired Sir Keir's campaign to become leader - says: "He cleared the pitch. He walked away from the flag, he didn't stand up for the national anthem, he didn't dress appropriately for an important remembrance event. "People care about these things and it is about respect - respect for them and respect for the country. It may sound very superficial, but it means an awful lot to people, and that is where Jeremy lost permission to have any nuance on this." Ms Chapman says patriotism was a "real issue" on the doorstep in the 2019 election - which saw her lose her seat as an MP in Darlington. "They would be very blunt about it," she says. "They would call Jeremy a communist or a terrorist and it isn't fair. I have never been a Jeremy fan, but he isn't those things. "And they would say he didn't love this country. I am not saying it was true or fair, but that was the perception and it is one we need to correct." Other issues were, of course, at play, but few dispute that the perception of Mr Corbyn - true or not - damaged the party's performance in those more traditional, working class constituencies, especially in the north of England and the Midlands - the so-called "Red Wall" seats. In April, Sir Keir won the Labour leadership contest outright. For Baroness Chakrabarti, Sir Keir's task is to redefine what patriotism means. "I personally have no problem calling myself a patriot," she said. "I am a universalist, an internationalist, a human rights activist, but I also understand that people are rooted in place, language, culture and stories." She is happy to list things that make her feel patriotic, including the English language, the rule of law, and the Commonwealth, but says: "Rather than reducing patriotism to flags and uniforms, we should change the narrative." Baroness Chakrabarti wants Labour to focus its patriotism on sources of pride - rather than taking on the more traditional, flag-waving patriotism of the right - such as Britain's "greatest national treasure", the NHS. "Contemporary patriotism should be about loyalty to care and health workers in blue, sent into modern day mines, mills and trenches without adequate testing or protection," she says. "We should be patriotic about the NHS, not looking for more wars or trying to compete with the right wing populism of Johnson and Trump." 'Patriotic reform' Ed Balls believes bringing together an internationalist view with the country's national interest is the right balance - and one which has proven fruitful in the past for Labour. "The 1945 government was a reforming one, but it did so with strong patriotic language about the kind of Britain we wanted to build," he says. "Labour must use the 1945 election as exemplar of patriotic reform because, if you are not a reformer, why are you in Labour, and if you are not a patriot, you don't take the country with you. "Those red wall seats, areas I used to represent, want change and are deeply patriotic places that are very proud of that Britishness. Standing up for that combination of change and national pride is vital if Labour is to succeed." So what is the feeling in Sir Keir's camp? Jenny Chapman says they have accepted that some voters "sense we see the world in a different way and that we are embarrassed, uncomfortable or feel guilty about being British". "I have never felt like that, Keir doesn't feel like that and many Labour MPs don't either," she adds. "But it is the reality of what people think and we can't just ignore it." But how do you appeal to voters who want to celebrate their Britishness without losing the membership less comfortable with the notion? "You highlight that they have more in common," she says. "There are things very important to both groups of people - the nature of work, the quality of public services, economic credibility - and Labour needs to make those the most important questions."

في وقت مبكر من توليه منصب زعيم حزب العمال الجديد، قال السير كير ستارمر إنه يريد أن يكون الحزب "فخورا بكونه وطنيا".

حزب العمال: الانقسامات التاريخية حول الوطنية تشكل تحديًا لستارمر

This isn't a brave new world; this is now. Such devices are dirt cheap and companies are increasingly taking note. It's pretty scary. Yet is the arrival of Big Brother in the corporate world quite such a bad thing? Being constantly monitored by invisible devices might sound terrifying but I'm not sure it is any more so than being monitored infrequently by visible human beings. Under the present arrangement, we are observed in a haphazard and unscientific way by superiors who may well have made their minds up about us already, based on not much evidence at all. Sod's Law decrees that when you do something good, no-one notices but the minute you do something bad you get caught. I remember one boss who, once in a blue moon, would walk around the office; whenever he crept up behind me I was invariably writing a shopping list or was on the phone to my mum. Such surveillance did not improve my behaviour, though it did increase my sense of injustice. To have been monitored all the time - which would have put the shopping list in the context of otherwise diligent behaviour - would have been a vast improvement. In most offices a raft of mainly pointless, cumbersome tools are used to assess performance, including "competency matrices", appraisal interviews and psychometric testing. Together they are so ineffective that according to a delightful piece of research by the University of Catania, companies would be no worse off if they promoted people at random. So if we are in favour of meritocracies, we should also be in favour of anything that helps us measure merit more accurately. While the data collected by the new sensors are almost certainly too crude to offer much help now, I see no reason why in time (and probably quite soon) we will not have worked out exactly which behavioural quirks are the key to high (or low) performance, and found a decent, objective way of measuring them. You could say that monitoring behaviour in offices would kill trust and spontaneity, making robots of us all. But so long as everyone knew they were being monitored and understood what for, I don't see why it should be such a terrifying idea - except perhaps for those who bully, shout at or harass others and who have until now been getting away with it. Far from making work less civilised, the arrival of Big Brother could make it more so. Office life could become more transparent and less political. And managers would be freed from having to play the role of policeman all day and allowed to get on with the more important role of helping people do a better job. Above all, for the system to work, you would need to have some faith in the regime that implemented it. But then, if you don't have any faith in the regime, the chances are that you are done for anyway. Lucy Kellaway is an author and Financial Times columnist. Listen to her on Business Daily and World Business Report on BBC World Service every Monday.

في المرة القادمة التي تتحدث فيها مع شخص ما في العمل يرتدي شارة اسم، انظر إليها عن كثب - قد لا تكون في الواقع شارة على الإطلاق، ولكنها جهاز استشعار. ربما يكون الأمر بمثابة إخبار صاحب العمل بمن تتحدث إليه وبأي نوع من نبرة الصوت، كما كتبت لوسي كيلاواي.

قد لا يكون الأخ الأكبر في العمل أمرًا سيئًا

By Mohamed Arezki HimeurBBC Afrique The oil and gas sectors account for 70% of the national budget and the In Amenas plant accounts for 6-7% of Algeria's reserves of gas and condensate, and almost 3% of its oil reserves. "[The militants' aim was] to destroy the Algerian economy, which depends on 98% of exports of hydrocarbons, and In Amenas is an important centre in this area," said Communications Minister Mohamed Said. The attack came at a time when the government forecasts an increase in the production of hydrocarbons, which has been in decline since 2007 because of aging deposits. In 2012, Algeria - which sees itself as a regional superpower - achieved a trade surplus of $27bn (£17bn), largely based on oil and gas, according to official statistics. Repeated attacks on the sectors would have a devastating effect on the economy. The industry was not targeted during the civil war which broke out in 1992 after the military annulled elections that the Islamic Salvation Front (FIS) was poised to win following a mass uprising - similar to the one that swept through Tunisia, Egypt and Libya more recently - against one-party socialist rule. At the time, northern Algeria was worst-affected by the conflict, with international airlines suspending flights to northern cities including the capital, Algiers, and the second city, Oran. Instead, they flew directly to airports in the Algerian desert, which was then seen as more stable. Failed security This time, militants - operating under the banner of the Signed-in Blood Battalion, led by Mokhtar Belmokhtar - seized control of the In Amenas plant in the remote east, taking foreign workers hostage and killing them. As the In Amenas site is within a military zone, it was always thought to be well protected by the army which had a strong surveillance team in the area. Extra security forces had also been deployed along the borders with Mali, Niger, Libya, Tunisia and Mauritania, after France used Algerian airspace to launch a military offensive against the Islamist militants who had seized control of northern Mali last year. Despite this, the attackers managed to enter the plant, killing dozens of workers, nearly all of them foreigners, before Algerian special forces regained control of the facility. The government has now stepped up security even further around vital economic installations in the Sahara desert. Pull-out unlikely Despite the huge shock, the authorities here are confident that the Algerian economy will be able to weather the storm. Some point out that most foreign companies stayed in Algeria throughout the civil war, which killed tens of thousands of people. "The Algerian authorities have received assurances that firms and foreign employees will not leave Algeria," said Energy Minister Youcef Yousfi. The In Amenas plant - a joint venture between state-owned oil firm Sonatrach, UK multinational BP and Norway's Statoil - has been operating since 2006 and has a production capacity of nine billion cubic meters per year. "Proven reserves of hydrocarbons are estimated at 12.2 billion barrels of crude oil and 4.5 trillion cubic meters of natural gas," said Abdelhamid Zerguine, head of Sonatrach. Former Sonatrach boss Abdelmajid Attar has told Algeria's Le Soir's newspaper that BP and Statoil - which evacuated their foreign staff after the siege - risked huge financial losses if they disinvested from In Amenas. "I do not think these companies can afford a permanent withdrawal after a significant investment corresponding to almost half of their investments in Algeria," he said. Most people are hoping that the In Amenas siege was a one-off attack - "collateral damage" from the conflict in northern Mali, following the French intervention - and not a signal that the Algerian side of the desert could become engulfed in conflict. One thing is certain, though - after In Amenas, the Algerian government will strengthen its security apparatus in the Sahara, as beneath its sand lies much of Algeria's wealth.

وهاجم إسلاميون متشددون قلب الاقتصاد الجزائري عندما استهدفوا محطة الغاز في عين أميناس بالصحراء الكبرى في وقت سابق هذا الشهر وهو الهجوم الذي يرى البعض أنه أعاد إحياء الذكريات القاتمة للحرب الأهلية التي عصفت بالبلاد في التسعينيات.

في حصار أميناس: هل اقتصاد الجزائر مهدد؟

By Suranjana Tewari BBC News Reporter, Mumbai Open defecation is a practice where people relieve themselves in fields, bushes, open spaces and into open bodies of water. It poses a serious threat to the health of children. Hundreds of thousands of children die every year because of diseases transmitted through human waste. In India, nearly half of the population - more than 590m people - relieve themselves in the open. For many it's a daily ritual and often something they do even when public facilities are available. Now a state council in the Gujarati city of Ahmedabad has come up with a scheme where children are being paid to use public toilets. Campaigners hope it will improve the situation in a country where diseases such as diarrhoea kill about 200,000 children every year. Reshaping attitudes People who live in the slums of Chandoliya in Ahmedabad use the railway tracks to do what most would do only in private, especially early in the morning before the crowds and the heat develop. "We've made public toilets but people still don't use them," said Anil Prajapati, chairman of the Gujarat Sanitation Development Organisation. "Some of these people fear that there are witches inside or that their children will be kidnapped. "These people have come from small villages, and so they are not used to the practice." When people defecate in the open, flies feed on the waste and then carry small amounts away on their bodies. The flies then come into contact with food. Human waste can also run into wells and streams, contaminating water that may be used for drinking or bathing. Ingested bacteria and worms spread diseases, causing sickness and malnutrition. New approach Faecally transmitted infections are also the main reason why nearly half of Indian children under five are underdeveloped. So health officers at Ahmedabad Municipal Council came up with a new approach to try to encourage residents to use the toilets, some of which are free while others cost money to use. "We have 320 public toilets and we are not taking any payment in 143 toilets," said Dr Bhavin Solanki. "We have observed some children are still doing open defecation just in front of the pay-and-use. "So we realised we have to introduce some other scheme. We are giving one rupee (less than a penny) to the children per day, or we're giving them chocolates to encourage use of the toilets." It's a scheme that Bhumi Datadia is taking advantage of. The five-year-old lives in a tiny room with her two siblings and parents. Like many others in her neighbourhood, a nearby river or public toilets are her only options. "Look at the size of my house. Where do I have space to build a toilet?" said Bhumi's mother, Jayashree. Under the new scheme, Bhumi is making one rupee every time she uses a public toilet. Her visits are recorded on a card and she receives her money at the end of the month. "The toilets are good," said Bhumi. "I will use the money I make for school." Good behaviour The city council has plans to scale up the project and it might start paying adults to use public toilets. "The idea is to understand you are rewarded for good behaviour," said D Thara, commissioner of Ahmedebad Municipal Corporation. "Once children start using the toilets, adults won't do it any more. Children themselves will become the motivators." But people in another part of the city say it won't be easy to convince them to change. They say the toilets are not kept clean and that their children are often stopped from entering the facilities because some of them use too much water. Ambitious goal Open defecation also has wider effects on a country, affecting education, income, women's safety and dignity. "It's not safe for women to go to the toilet in the open," said Mr Prajapati. "When they go out at night, anything can happen. It's happening everywhere in India. We want to stop this." Prime Minister Narendra Modi has made eliminating open defecation in India a priority, and wants every home to be installed with a toilet by 2019. In recent years, India has implemented well-funded sanitation campaigns, but few have worked. Some campaigners say that building toilets is not enough and that more needs to be done to reshape attitudes. But the people behind this scheme hope their alternative approach could be a crucial first step towards ending open defecation in India.

إن استخدام المراحيض أمر يعتبره معظم الناس أمرا مفروغا منه - ولكن حوالي 1.1 مليار شخص في جميع أنحاء العالم يتبرزون في العراء لأنهم لا يستطيعون الوصول إلى الصرف الصحي المناسب. والآن يهدف مخطط في الهند إلى غرس عادات أفضل لاستخدام المرحاض لدى الأطفال من خلال "الدفع لهم مقابل التبرز".

يُدفع مقابل البراز: مكافحة التغوط في العراء في الهند

The east London rapper will kick off a 16-date UK jaunt in Southend on 4 February 2010. Stryder's second album Catch 22 reached number two in the UK album chart when it was released in August. Presale tickets are available from 9am 14 October with general sale passes going on sale on 16 October. The tour dates are: Southend Cliffs Pavilion - 4 February Norwich UEA - 5 Sheffield Academy - 6 Glasgow Academy - 7 Newcastle Academy - 9 Leeds Academy - 10 Manchester Academy - 11 Liverpool Academy - 12 Birmingham Academy - 14 Ipswich Regent - 15 Cambridge Corn Exchange - 16 London Roundhouse - 18 Yeovil Westlands - 19 Bournemouth Opera House - 20 Bristol Academy - 21 Belfast St George's Market - 23

أعلن Tinchy Stryder عن تفاصيل جولة جديدة لعام 2010.

Tinchy Stryder للقيام بجولة وطنية

The United Lincolnshire Hospitals Trust, which has hospitals in Grantham, Lincoln and Boston, said it hoped the changes would help it meet "increasingly complex patient needs". In February, a government review was announced into higher than expected mortality rates at the trust. The trust has also been criticised by the Royal College of Nurses for not having enough staff. 'Better quality of care' David Cleave, a matron at Lincoln Hospital, said: "Typically we have one nurse looking after about seven or eight patients. "That's more than we would like, particularly in these high-dependency areas. "What we do know is where staffing levels fall below where they should be, inevitably patient care will fall below where it should be as well." Eiri Jones, the trust's director of nursing, said the 80 nurses would be a mixture of newly-registered nurses, as well as experienced staff. They would be used to fill current gaps, as well as provide additional support. She said: "We have agreed as a trust board we want to invest some money in nursing this year and possibly next year as well." Ms Jones said the new roles would help increase staffing at night. She added the changes would also enable more ward sisters to be taken off general rotas so they could oversee patient care. "When you look at ratios, it's quite difficult to work out if you have the right ratio of nurse to patient or not," she said. "But research shows us the more nurses you have, the better the quality of care." Professor Patrick Callaghan, head of the school of nursing at the University of Nottingham, said the decision could only be good for patients. He added low ratios of qualified nurses to patients could be difficult to manage. He said: "I think it is difficult, especially if you are faced with patients with challenging and complex healthcare needs."

يقوم صندوق مستشفى لينكولنشاير بتعيين 80 ممرضة جديدة.

تثق مستشفيات لينكولنشاير المتحدة لتوظيف المزيد من الممرضات

By Rachael McMenemy and Phil ShepkaBBC News "A lucky dip". That is coroner Sean Horstead's frank assessment of the system by which many patients with eating disorders are cared for. He has just heard the last of a series of back-to-back inquests into the deaths of five women: Averil Hart, Emma Brown, Maria Jakes, Amanda Bowles and Madeline Wallace. All died between 2012 and 2018, and the Cambridgeshire and Peterborough assistant coroner unearthed issues including patient monitoring, inadequate record-keeping and missed opportunities in care. He said the successful treatment of eating disorders was often "reliant on the goodwill of GPs". Mr Horstead has written a Prevention of Future Deaths report in respect of all five women. He states his concerns about the monitoring of people with eating disorders and calls for greater clinical training in the area, for staff ranging from "consultants to health care assistants". Cambridgeshire and Peterborough Foundation Trust (CPFT), which runs the eating disorders service all five women used, said it was "committed to supporting further developments regionally and nationally". Madeline Wallace Madeline Wallace, known as Maddy, was a bright, motivated 19-year-old who hoped to become a doctor. Diagnosed with anorexia nervosa in October 2016, Miss Wallace, from Peterborough, "rapidly lost weight" during her first term at Edinburgh University in 2017. Peterborough GP Dr Rebecca Coates saw her repeatedly during her illness. Giving evidence, Dr Coates told how at first she had little knowledge of eating disorders, turning to GP colleagues and then Google to research treatment. Using "best clinical judgement" was incredibly difficult due to the nature of anorexia, said Dr Coates. Another issue was the "gap" in provision when Miss Wallace went to Edinburgh. Despite being a "high-risk" patient, Miss Wallace became increasingly concerned about her weight loss there. Mr Horstead said she only had one dietician meeting in three months, despite raising anxieties surrounding meal preparation and planning. Ahead of her move to Edinburgh, Dr Penny Hazel, a clinical psychologist at CPFT, tried to get her an appointment at the city's specialist Cullen Centre in April 2017. She was told to call back in August, the inquest heard. The centre could only accept her as a patient after she had registered with a GP in Edinburgh. An appointment could take a further six weeks. At the end of 2017 Miss Wallace returned home to focus on getting better. But on 4 January 2018 she was taken to Peterborough Hospital with chest pains. Feeling "agitated" and worried, she discharged herself. The next day, during a regular anorexia check-up, she told another GP about her symptoms but was told she had pulled a muscle or broken a rib, her mother Christine Reid said. On 7 January her mother phoned 111. A nurse from Herts Urgent Care referred her to an out-of-hours GP who made an urgent referral for hospital treatment. The GP's request was denied and she was sent home with antibiotics. The urgent care nurse admitted she knew little about anorexia and had not considered sepsis or an urgent hospital admission herself. On 8 January, Miss Wallace was again taken to hospital and diagnosed with pneumonia which had developed into sepsis. The following day, doctors attempted a procedure to save her life but she died in theatre. It is thought her temperature spiked in her final week, but that this was dismissed by a GP as within the normal range for a healthy person. Her parents believe that because she had a lower-than-normal body temperature, the supposedly normal reading might in fact have been a sign of infection. In evidence, Dr Coates said assigning eating disorder patients a single doctor might save lives in the future. Had she seen Miss Wallace in the week before her death, she believes she may have noticed "red flags" - such as her raised temperature. "I would have noticed a change in Maddy from the previous weeks and looked into it further," she said. Following the inquest, Mr Horstead said GPs' knowledge of anorexia was "woeful and inadequate". Emma Brown Emma Brown, 27, was found dead in her flat in Cambourne, near Cambridge, on 22 August 2018. An accomplished runner with Olympic ambitions, she was first diagnosed with anorexia at 13. Her mother, Jay Edmunds-Grezio, described how Ms Brown would run 15 miles (24km) a day to maintain her low weight. She trained with Bedford Harriers under the guidance of Paula Radcliffe's former coach, Alex Stanton, in an effort to boost her self-esteem. "In her mind she was heading for the Olympics but she couldn't control the amount she was running," said her mother. Simon Brown told the inquest his daughter's illness was a "descent into hell". He said: "This is an illness where the patient feared weight gain, she feared recovery, so fought against the help that was being offered." A post-mortem examination gave Ms Brown's cause of death as lung and heart disease, with anorexia and bulimia nervosa as contributory factors. Mr Horstead heard how GPs had sent dozens of letters to CPFT outlining concerns, including the lack of time, money and specialist knowledge they had to adequately monitor eating disorder patients. The coroner voiced concern at the "paucity" of Cambridgeshire and Peterborough Clinical Commissioning Group's investigation into Ms Brown's death. He noted there were no interviews with her parents or "key clinical figures". Averil Hart Averil Hart, 19, of Newton, near Sudbury, Suffolk, loved sports and outdoor activities. She was, said her mother Miranda Campbell, a "beautiful, intelligent, incredibly witty, fun-loving girl". First diagnosed with anorexia in 2008, she was voluntarily admitted to the eating disorders unit at Addenbrooke's Hospital, Cambridge, in 2011. Discharged in August 2012, she moved to Norwich the following month to study creative writing at the University of East Anglia (UEA). She was admitted to hospital in Norwich on 7 December 2012 after collapsing in her university room, and died at Addenbrooke's on 15 December 2012. The coroner heard how she had written in her diary about falsifying her weight and restricting her food intake. On November 13 2012, she wrote: "I can't believe I'm still going, what I'm even running on any more. I just look thin and in pain. "It makes me so sad." You might also be interested in: Locum GP Dr Wendy Clarke admitted she "knew practically nothing" about anorexia prior to treating her, and had to look up guidance for medical monitoring during her first appointment. The inquest also heard doctors had misunderstood who was responsible for her monitoring, and had not followed up to check necessary tests had been done. There were delays in her treatment and, over a weekend at the Norfolk and Norwich University Hospital, no specialist dietetic or psychiatric help was sought. She therefore received no nasogastric-gastric (a tube from the nose to the stomach) feeding, which an expert witness said could have increased her chance of survival. Mr Horstead found Miss Hart's death "was contributed to by neglect", citing among the factors a "lack of formally commissioned service for medical monitoring of anorexic, high-risk of relapse, patients". He also said there was a "failure" to speak to Miss Hart's father after he raised concerns about her serious deterioration. Dr Katie Bramall-Stainer, chief executive of Cambridgeshire Local Medical Committee, told the inquest there was a national failure in treatment and support for "this incredibly vulnerable and fragile cohort of patients who can relapse quickly and relapse seriously, with too often tragic outcomes". Maria Jakes Maria Jakes, 24, from Peterborough, died of multiple organ failure in September 2018. Mr Horstead cited insufficient record-keeping and a failure to notify eating disorder specialists in her final weeks as possible contributory factors. Ms Jakes, a waitress, had battled anorexia nervosa since the age of 12 and also had a personality disorder. Because she was sensitive to perceived interference by health professionals - a common trait of people with eating disorders - she was allowed to report her own weight to doctors, despite being known to inflate it. The inquest heard she was discharged from an eating disorders ward at Addenbrooke's in January 2018, but there was "insufficient monitoring" of her weight before her admission to Peterborough City Hospital in July. The coroner concluded that multiple agencies had "missed opportunities" to properly monitor her illness. Amanda Bowles Amanda Bowles, however, was keen to have regular check-ups, repeatedly asking for medical monitoring from her GP. Her requests, the inquest heard, went ignored for six months after she was discharged from the CPFT's Adult Eating Disorder Service (AEDS) in December 2016, despite her "critically low" body-mass index (BMI). Her condition went unmonitored until May 2017 when a doctor noted Ms Bowles "hadn't been reviewed for some time, seems to have fallen through the net". Aged 45, the mother-of-one was found dead at her Cambridge home in September 2017. Mr Horstead concluded a lack of monitoring likely contributed to her death. After the inquest, her sister Rachel Waller said "the most important thing to [her sister] was her son". She said: "She really battled this illness and even though it wasn't her, it was a massive part of her life, but she battled that to enable him to have a relatively normal life." Beds 'always full' The demand for CPFT's eating disorders service is high. In 2018-2019, the service received 32 urgent and 533 non-urgent referrals. The East of England has just 14 inpatient NHS beds specifically for eating disorders. A further 22 private beds can be commissioned. During the inquests, Dr Jaco Serfontein, clinical director at the trust, said beds were always full. The families' response While not officially linking the deaths, saying "each woman was a different person and each had different factors", the coroner found common themes, in particular the "continuing absence" of a formally commissioned provision for monitoring. This absence, said Mr Horstead, had led to a "miscommunication" between those treating patients with anorexia. Miss Hart's father Nic, who attended some of the other inquests as well as his daughter's, said the hearings had shown there was "very little monitoring of young people with eating disorders in the community". "We desperately need better monitoring by the GPs and the eating disorder specialists to make sure there's early intervention," he said. "We then need the NHS to roll out safe care for people with eating disorders throughout the UK. "At the moment it's a huge postcode lottery and I think depending on where you live depends on the type of care you will receive." A lack of beds was raised by Chris Reid, Madeline Wallace's mother. "Conversations were had about going to a specialist ED (eating disorders) hospital, but she stayed home as there were no spaces locally," she said. "Her health went downhill rapidly and she spent two days in critical care, and she was then found an emergency bed in the local eating disorder hospital in February 2017." She also talked of the problems of caring for a loved one with an eating disorder. "I was very concerned, as was she, but didn't know much about the illness and, as parents, we appeared to have little impact on encouraging Maddy to eat. Excuses were made and she became evasive," she said. "Typical issues encountered included not appreciating anorexia is a serious/life-threatening mental illness; not knowing about the distorting effect it can have on physical test results and the significance of this for care." The families of some of the women voiced concern at the lack of funding and education for eating disorders. Simon Brown, Emma Brown's father, bears no grudge and has nothing but admiration for the clinicians involved in his daughter's care, even inviting some to her funeral. "I don't know where they find the drive, the skill, to keep going back," he said. "You're not that well supported, you're under-staffed, under-budgeted, the patients hate you, the parents blame you, there's not enough money and actually we don't yet really know how to treat these people anyway. "Why would anybody do that? "Who am I to find blame in the people that have devoted their professional lives to trying to help people like Emma?" Rachel Waller, sister of Mandy Bowles, fears the stigma associated with anorexia makes it difficult for patients to be treated seriously beyond those who specialise in it. "This disease has the highest death rate of any mental health condition, and yet it's treated as some sort of adolescent teenage frippery disease where they're simply choosing not to eat because they want to look slimmer," she said. Maria Jakes' grandmother Kath Wakerly said GPs focused too much on patients' weight as an indicator of illness. "It seemed... they had to get to a low weight before they were actually admitted to hospital," she said. "We just need a whole rethink, training across the board: the nurses, doctors, GPs, dieticians. "I think something good needs to come out of what's happened to these lovely young people. I wouldn't wish that illness on anyone." A CPFT board meeting in September was told there remained a "gap in provision" for medical monitoring of eating disorders patients, including some who were high risk. The trust are, alongside local GPs and the CCG, developing a commissioned medical monitoring model, which will be piloted in Peterborough, managing patients according to the severity of their illness. Those deemed medium to high risk would receive monitoring delivered by CPFT specialists, whereas those in the low to medium group would be monitored by health care assistants, supported by CPFT specialists, in primary care settings, such as GP surgeries. On the final day of Miss Hart's inquest, NHS England announced it would roll out an "early intervention service" across 18 regions, targeted at young people living with an eating disorder for fewer than three years, in a bid to prevent its escalation. An NHS spokesman said: "The important and deeply concerning findings and learning set out by the coroner must be acted on by all those services involved. "The NHS will continue to expand and improve access to eating disorder services, including in Cambridgeshire and Peterborough, to strengthen how adult eating disorder services work together." If you are affected by any of the issues in this story, you can talk in confidence to eating disorders charity Beat by calling its adult helpline on 0808 801 0677 or youth helpline on 0808 801 0711. Find BBC News: East of England on Facebook, Instagram and Twitter. If you have a story suggestion email eastofenglandnews@bbc.co.uk

أم، ومرشحة أولمبية، وطالبة طب، ونادلة، وكاتبة. ماذا تخبرنا حياة ووفيات خمس نساء عن كيفية إدارة وعلاج فقدان الشهية؟

فقدان الشهية: كيف أودى اضطراب الأكل بحياة خمس نساء

Hyperloop aims to transport people in high-speed pods in underground tubes. Mr Musk tweeted his plan after the Technical University of Munich set a new record for the fourth year running. Its pod reached 463km/h (288mph) on the current test tube in the US, which runs for 1.6km straight. Mr Musk said the new vacuum tube would be curved. Ultimately, Hyperloop trains will aim for a top speed of 1,220km/h (700mph). The idea received investment from Richard Branson's Virgin group, which is developing a passenger system called Hyperloop One that it says will have a top speed of 1,080km/h (670mph).

يقول إيلون ماسك إنه يريد نفقًا مفرغًا جديدًا بطول 10 كيلومترات (ستة أميال) من أجل مشروعه المستقبلي Hyperloop، ليكون جاهزًا لمنافسة السرعة القياسية العام المقبل.

يعد Musk بـ "نفق Hyperloop بطول 10 كيلومترات" في عام 2020

Another unknown factor to add to the mix is the question of which will be the official campaigns on the In/Remain and Out/Leave sides. While a plethora of groups have been set up to argue the case for the UK to stay in or leave the EU, to quote Christopher Lambert from the cult movie Highlander, "there can be only one" when it comes to the official lead campaign for either side. So how does the process work? What is a lead campaign? Referendums are relatively rare in British political history but when they do happen, they are governed by a series of protocols and rules enshrined in law. One of these is that a lead campaign is officially designated on each side, if it meets certain criteria. For instance, in the 2014 Scottish independence referendum, Better Together was chosen as the official pro-UK lead campaign while Yes Scotland was chosen as the official pro-independence lead group. The Electoral Commission, which is in charge of making sure the EU referendum is a fair contest, will make the decision. The choice is very important, not merely for the increased media profile it confers on the chosen campaigns but also for the financial benefits. What are the benefits? The official campaigns will get access to a grant of up to £600,000, an overall spending limit of £7m, campaign broadcasts on TV and radio, free mail shots and free access to meeting rooms. Other groups are free to run their own campaigns but they will be limited to a spend of £700,000 if they register with the Electoral Commission and will have to report the source of donations. If they don't register with the Commission they will be limited to spending less than £10,000. Who is in the running? On one side of the fence, the state of play looks relatively straightforward. Britain Stronger In Europe is the main, and as yet unchallenged, campaign group making the case for the UK's continued membership of the EU. Although the SNP and Labour have both said they will run their own separate campaigns, and there are other internal Tory groups, this umbrella body - which is chaired by former M&S chair Lord Rose - commands broad support among those who believe the UK's future lies within the EU. However, it is a very different picture among those arguing that leaving the EU will benefit Britain. At the moment, there are three rival groups who could all ultimately vie for the nod from the Electoral Commission. Six months ago, it looked like a straight fight between Vote Leave and Leave.EU. The former was spawned out of the Business for Britain group, a longstanding Eurosceptic lobby group which campaigned for the UK to overhaul its status with the EU. It has historic links with the Conservative Party - it is now chaired by former Conservative chancellor Lord Lawson and its campaign director is Dominic Cummings, a former special adviser to Michael Gove. It also has experience of fighting and winning referendums. Its chief executive Matthew Elliott ran the successful No 2 AV campaign in 2011, which opposed any change to the electoral system. Its deputy chairman is Labour donor John Mills and it includes UKIP's MP, Douglas Carswell, amongst its backers. Leave.EU is a different animal altogether. It was set up last July by businessman Arron Banks, a former Conservative donor who became one of UKIP's biggest supporters in the run-up to last year's election, It has portrayed itself as more of a popular movement focused on immigration. Relations between the two groups have never been cordial, amid claims of hidden agendas, differences in strategies, and failing to reach out to others in the Out camp. Amid signs that their differences were irreconcilable, a new outfit - Grassroots Out - sprung up last month and has gained support. GO was formed by Tory MPs Peter Bone and Tom Pursglove and Labour's Kate Hoey. It has since won the backing of UKIP leader Nigel Farage and the party's ruling body which described it as a "genuinely cross party, well organised, energetic campaigning group". Why does all of this matter? All of the groups concerned are making big play of their cross-party credentials and being a "broad church". This is not a coincidence. Any group seeking the official designation has to meet a series of criteria, set down by the watchdog. In other words, it has to pass a series of tests. One of these is demonstrating that it commands support from across the political spectrum. The other criteria are: The Electoral Commission has said it will chose "whichever of the applicants appears...to represent to the greatest extent those campaigning for that outcome". However, it is not as simple as that. The watchdog has the power to reject all applications to be the lead campaign on the grounds they do not meet the criteria set down in the 2000 Political Parties, Elections and Referendums Act. To do this, however, would be highly unusual and controversial. Whichever Out campaign is chosen is likely to influence the tone and conduct of the campaign as well as who its figurehead is. Nigel Farage is likely to play a much more prominent role if either Leave.EU or Go is chosen - with the campaign likely to have the issues of immigration and security at its heart. Many Tory Eurosceptics - including a number of Cabinet ministers - will feel more comfortable with Vote Leave, which wants, according to UKIP MP Douglas Carswell, to have a "broad-based, optimistic, upbeat campaign", with a focus on what they claim will be the economic benefits of leaving the EU. Labour Eurosceptics, at the moment, seem uncertain about which horse to back, with John Mills - the founder of Labour Leave - insisting that it remains affiliated to Vote Leave despite rumours to the contrary. When will we know the result? The watchdog has said it will publish details of the designation process once David Cameron has named the date for the referendum, which could happen as early as Monday 22 February, if a deal on his draft renegotiation package is agreed by EU leaders the previous weekend. The timing of the process will be among details set out in legislation relating to the EU poll that will have to be approved by MPs. With the prospect of the referendum itself taking place in late June, campaigners on both sides will be keen for the watchdog to make a speedy decision, potentially before the Easter holiday at the end of March. The Scottish referendum campaigns were designated on 23 April 2014, just under five months before the referendum was held on 18 September. While the period is likely to be slightly shorter this time, activists will be arguing that time is of the essence in getting their message across. Further reading on the UK's EU referendum Guide: All you need to know about the referendum EU renegotiation: Did Cameron get what he wanted? Referendum timeline: What will happen when? The view from Europe: What's in it for the others? More: BBC News EU referendum special

لقد بدأت الحملات المطالبة بالاستفتاء على عضوية المملكة المتحدة فعلياً بالفعل، على الرغم من أننا لا نعرف حتى الآن متى قد يعقد هذا الاستفتاء أو ما هي الحزمة النهائية من الإصلاحات التي يعتزم ديفيد كاميرون طرحها على الرأي العام البريطاني فيما يتصل بعضوية المملكة المتحدة.

استفتاء الاتحاد الأوروبي: كيف سيتم اختيار الحملات الرسمية الرائدة؟

The review will look at how immigrants make use of hospital, educational services and the States benefits system. Last week the States revealed it was considering tightening the rules on who can access these services. Access might stop if the investigation finds that services are exploited.

أطلقت ولايات جيرسي تحقيقًا في عدد المهاجرين القادمين إلى الجزيرة واستخدامهم للخدمات العامة.

تقوم ولايات جيرسي بمسح استخدام المهاجرين للخدمات

The man, who was in his 50s, swam a "short distance" from the craft to rocks at Wembury, a spokesman for Brixham Coastguards said. He was rescued by the RNLI Plymouth lifeboat following a number of emergency calls on Saturday morning. The man was unhurt and the craft, which was no longer than 20ft (6m) long, was taken to Wembury, the spokesman added.

تم إنقاذ رجل من الصخور بعد انقلاب طوف كان على متنه قبالة ساحل ديفون الجنوبي.

تم إنقاذ رجل بعد انقلاب طوف قبالة ويمبوري

It has been installed at Murray's Cauld on the Philiphaugh Estate near Selkirk. The fish pass is part of a wider upgrade of the area, which includes a hydro-electric station. Salmon have traditionally leapt up the cauld - or weir - as they swim upstream from the Atlantic to spawn but they are now able to take the alternative route. Kenny Galt and James Hunt from the Tweed Foundation and Tommy Heard, water bailiff for the River Tweed Commission, helped to carry out the tagging operation.

تم وضع علامات على سمك السلمون على أحد روافد نهر تويد من أجل اختبار كفاءة "ممر الأسماك" الجديد.

تم وضع علامة على سمك السلمون في نهر إيتريك من أجل اختبار "تمرير السمك"

Jay Sean Ne-Yo - In My Own Words I'm a big Ne-Yo fan. I do love his first album, it's only because I was heavily inspired by him and what he changed. He brought melody back into RnB music. He almost formed a new genre of pop RnB and that's what I do. I'm very inspired by him. Simon Neil (Biffy Clyro) At The Drive-In - Relationship Of Command We saw them live twice - the first time at T In The Park they were without doubt the best live band you will ever see, or that I'll ever see. Absolutely the best gig and band ever. It's a damn shame that they broke up when they were just coming into their own. If you look at the music that came after At The Drive-In, rock music really moved in that direction. They opened up a whole new generation's eyes to a ferocity that no-one had seen. Any band can learn from that. Relationship Of Command - it was the one which introduced everyone to them. Leona Lewis Alicia Keys - Songs In A Minor When Alicia first came out I think she was very different. It's all very piano based. At the time I was really into getting my piano skills down, she was quite an inspiration. Her song writing is great and I can just really relate to her. Wayne Coyne (The Flaming Lips) Radiohead - Hail To The Thief When Radiohead did their weird records they were really perched in a way where they could have said 'we're going to take over the world' and we're going to play with Beyonce and play stadiums. They chose not to. I was just powerless to it, this is the way groups should just be. They go for it, a lot of things they do could have failed, could have been too weird. Felix White (The Maccabees) Interpol - Turn On The Bright Lights It was a proper magic record. For a band to make a first record and understand how beautiful, dark, understated music could be. Music which works from an egoless perspective. Music that doesn't come and get you, you have to give a bit of yourself to it and let it wrap you up. Embed itself in your mind, suddenly when that happens you get so much out of it. I listened to the record again and I was just stunned at how incredible it is. It's incredibly beautiful and incredibly sinister and aggressive and the songs are just wonderful. It was one of the records which set our band in place, uniting on a particular thing. Chipmunk Jay-Z - Blueprint III The production is amazing, the flows are amazing and it has inspirational words. Matt Cocksedge - Delphic Sigur Ros - () That's soundtracked any kind of panoramic moment I've had since then, that's an important record. It wouldn't be so important in terms of the public eye. There's one particular moment. I mean the whole album just works perfectly. This is one of the great things about that album, from the start to the end - it's just a constant flow. It only really kicks in terms of huge massive cymbals right in the last song, or the second to last song, the whole album is a huge peak towards that. It's unbelievable, so understated, simple and devastatingly effective. Artists choose their albums of the decade - part one

للاحتفال بنهاية عقد من الموسيقى، تحدثت Newsbeat إلى أكبر الفنانين في عالم Radio 1، لمعرفة ألبومهم المفضل في السنوات العشر الماضية. في الجزء الثاني، تعرف على من اختارتهم ليونا لويس، وبفي كليرو، وسنجابك، وجاي شون...

يختار الفنانون ألبوماتهم لهذا العقد

By Wendy FrewAustralia editor, BBC News Online One of those letters - written by my great-great-uncle, Benjamin Bennett Leane - was read by Prince Charles to the crowd gathered in the cold dawn at Anzac Cove. With his brother (my great-grandfather) and three other brothers, Benjamin served at Gallipoli. The 26-year-old kept a diary during the war which he addressed to his young wife Phyllis. They had been married less than three years and his battlefield missives were his way of talking to her. Two days before the fateful morning when the Anzacs landed on the shores of Gallipoli, Benjamin, then a captain in the Australian army, wrote a letter to Phyllis that he feared would be his last. "In case the worst happens and I am unable to make any more entries I will take this opportunity to bid you 'goodbye,' dear girl," he told Phyllis. "Know that I died loving you with my whole heart and soul, dearest wife that a man ever had. Kiss little Gwen and our new baby, who perhaps I may never see, and never let them forget Daddy." He asked Phyllis to be patient with his mother, told his wife she must eventually consider remarrying, and said he was not afraid to die. But in his later diary entries the horrors of the war are clear. He records seeing men "weeping like babies" and "cowering at every explosion". One incident he recalls is particularly poignant. A young message runner returns from the fighting "looking like a maniac," calling for Captain Leane but unable to recognise the officer. The boy has dug himself out of the earth following several explosions that kill the other six runners with him. Not all Australians think the disastrous Gallipoli campaign should be at the heart of the nation's founding myth but it is hard not to be moved by the accounts of what happened to the troops. Like Erich Remarque's novel All Quiet on the Western Front and the experiences of the Turkish troops, the stories of the Anzacs are often heart-breaking. Benjamin, along with his brothers, and some cousins and nephews, survived the horrors of Gallipoli. He died two years later at Bullecourt in France, killed by an artillery shell. His tombstone is surrounded by thousands of graves of unidentified soldiers.

مثل العديد من الأستراليين، لدي أسلاف خدموا في الحرب العالمية الأولى. إن قصص خدمتهم العسكرية معروفة جيدًا لدى أقاربي، كما أن مذكراتهم ورسائلهم وأوسمتهم هي آثار عائلية ثمينة.

تذكر قريبي في جاليبولي

Emergency services were called to Crawfords Lodge access road, Ardrossan, at about 14:20 on Friday. The woman was taken to Crosshouse Hospital near Kilmarnock for treatment. Her condition was unknown. The A78 between the Montfode roundabout and West Kilbride was closed, and diversions were in place.

تم نقل امرأة إلى المستشفى بعد أن صدمتها سيارة في شمال أيرشاير.

امرأة في المستشفى بعد أن صدمتها سيارة في شمال أيرشاير

Forty people were evacuated on Friday from flats above the Co-op store in Countisbury Avenue, Llanrumney, when acetylene cylinders were used to break into it. The 20-year-old man, from Llanrumney, was arrested on suspicion of burglary. He has since been released on police bail pending further inquiries. South Wales Police said they were still investigating what had happened. Related Internet Links South Wales Police

ألقي القبض على رجل على صلة بعملية سطو على متجر في كارديف، مما أدى إلى تفجير باب المتجر وماكينة صرف آلي.

انفجار ماكينة صرف آلي في جمعية كارديف التعاونية: اعتقال رجل

Anita Dhole, 38, was forced to move to a "transit camp" set up by the civic authorities in Mahul in May 2017 after the illegal slum she was living in was demolished. Since then, she says, she has been suffering. "I have breathing trouble and high blood pressure, and the pollution has also affected my eyesight," she says. Hers was one of more than 5,000 families - estimated to be between 30,000 and 50,000 people - that lost their homes in the demolition drive and were offered temporary housing in Mahul. They were told they would be given homes in another Mumbai suburb later but, residents say, Mahul is not fit for living, even for a short time. A former fishing village, it's now close to oil and petroleum refineries, chemical factories and fertiliser plants. A report in 2013 by the King Edward Memorial Hospital said that around 67% of people living in Mahul complained of breathlessness several times a month and around 84% of them complained of eye-irritation. In 2015, India's environment court National Green Tribunal said there was "a perceptible threat to [the] health of residents" in Mahul because of the "prevailing air quality in the area". But local municipal authorities say three different surveys by the Maharashtra Pollution Control Board show "that the pollution levels in Mahul are not different from other areas of Mumbai". Yet residents blame breathing issues, asthma, skin diseases, tuberculosis and blood pressure-related problems on poor local conditions. Ms Dhole says her parents fell so sick in Mahul that they soon left for their village. Shamdas Salve, who also moved to Mahul last year, says his two-year-old son has had a persistent skin infection for the past five months. "He doesn't sleep the whole night and keeps scratching. I've consulted several skin specialists and changed his medication but he has had no relief. He cries and keeps scratching. He now has marks on his face too." His words are echoed by many of his neighbours - 10-year-old Sahil suffers from TB and so does 17-month-old Anshul Tusambad; Maya Goswami, 55, struggles with asthma; and 18-year-old Kavita Subramanyan has low BP and breathing problems. Besides pollution, residents say they have no access to clean water and sewage facilities and that electricity supply is far from regular. There are also no hospitals or schools nearby. The area is poorly connected with other parts of the city and, as a result, many women have been forced to quit their jobs and stay home. The transit camp where Ms Dhole lives is actually a block of apartments that goes by the official name of Eversmile layout. It has dozens of buildings and each is home to 300 congested one-room apartments. The complex is filthy - sewage pipes are broken, gutters are overflowing; electric wires are dangling everywhere; the air is stuffy, mosquitoes abound and rats scurry past us as we walk around the neighbourhood. Most of these low-cost homes are meant for families who have been relocated because of demolition of unauthorised slums. Every year, tens of thousands migrate from rural India to Mumbai in search of livelihood and most end up living in illegal shanty towns that often encroach on roads or other city infrastructure. Most of those who were relocated to Mahul, including Ms Dhole, used to live in a slum along the Tansa pipeline - the 160km (99 miles) long water pipeline that runs through Mumbai, carrying water from Lake Tansa. It's a major source of water for the city. Just over half of the pipeline is overground and, over the years, unauthorised houses came up alongside it and, in some places, on top of it. In 2006, a petition was filed in the high court in Mumbai asking the court to order the government to relocate those living in the slums to "ensure that the water, which is used by the citizens of Mumbai, is safe, and that these pipelines do not become a target for persons to attack the citizens of Mumbai". Read more stories about pollution and the environment: In 2009, the court ruled that there must be a 10-metre gap between the pipeline and the nearest home, which meant that thousands of families had to move out. Their homes were subsequently demolished and they were told to relocate to Mahul. Many initially refused because of the pollution, but were forced to move as the demolitions continued. The fight to leave Ms Dhole has started an online petition demanding that they be moved out of Mahul. She and other residents have also petitioned the high court. In August, the court said the civic authorities could not force people to move to Mahul and that they must find alternative housing for them or pay rent for those families that did move out. The protests have intensified in the past two months with many residents of Mahul's transit camp demonstrating at the site where their homes once stood. They have also launched a campaign on social media with the hashtag and Twitter handle MumbaisToxicHell - demanding that they are relocated again, this time to a safer and healthier environment.

يكافح عشرات الآلاف من الأشخاص لمغادرة ماهول، وهو حي صناعي كثيف في مدينة مومباي بغرب الهند، قائلين إن التلوث السام هناك يؤثر سلبًا على صحتهم. مراسلا بي بي سي الماراثية، مايوريش كونور وجانهافي مول، يتحدثان عن معركة السكان من أجل الانتقال إلى مكان آخر.

"الجحيم السام" في مومباي حيث يُجبر الفقراء على العيش

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تم إرسال مجموعة مختارة من صورك لاسكتلندا في الفترة ما بين 12 و19 فبراير. أرسل صورك إلى scotlandpictures@bbc.co.uk. يرجى التأكد من الالتزام بقواعد بي بي سي فيما يتعلق بالصور التي يمكن العثور عليها هنا.

صورك لاسكتلندا 12 - 19 فبراير

Sellafield Limited is accused of sending and disposing of four bags from the plant to Lillyhall landfill site in Workington in April 2010. It is facing eight charges brought by the Environment Agency and one brought by the Office for Nuclear Regulation. The case is due before Workington Magistrates' Court in December.

ستتم محاكمة محطة سيلافيلد النووية بسبب مزاعم بأنها أرسلت نفايات مشعة منخفضة المستوى إلى مكب النفايات.

سيلافيلد متهم بالتخلص من النفايات في مكب النفايات

But the postal service printed three billion of the first-class stamps and will continue to sell them, he said. And the agency would have selected the photograph anyway, he said. A stamp collector discovered the mix-up after noting discrepancies between the stamp image and the copper original. The mix-up was first reported by Linn's Stamp News, a publication for philatelists. It points out that the photo used on the stamp shows a rectangular patch on the crown that is present on the 14-year-old statue at the New York-New York Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas, Nevada, but not on the 305ft (93m) copper statue in New York. In addition, the facial features on the Las Vegas replica are more sharply defined than on the original. The image was taken from a stock photography service, the New York Times reported. Designed by French sculptor Frederic-Auguste Bartholdi and French engineer Alexandre Gustave Eiffel, the statue - entitled Statue of Liberty Enlightening the World - was given to the US by the French and dedicated in 1886.

قال متحدث باسم خدمة البريد الأمريكية إن هيئة البريد الأمريكية تأسف لإصدار طابع يحمل صورة نسخة طبق الأصل من تمثال الحرية في كازينو لاس فيجاس بدلا من النسخة الأصلية الموجودة في ميناء نيويورك.

الخدمة البريدية في تمثال الحرية تخلط صور الطوابع

By Duncan LeatherdaleBBC News In January 2014, Dan and Esther appeared to have a good life. They had a nice flat in the picturesque cathedral city of Durham, multiple degrees from universities including Oxford and Cambridge, flourishing careers and were three weeks away from getting married. But beneath the surface, both felt hollow inside, like "zombies sleepwalking through life", Esther recalls. Dan, a business development manager, was getting counselling for depression while Esther, who ran her own personal training firm, battled with chronic fatigue sparked by her own mental health struggles. And then Dan nearly died. Doctors had told Esther to say her final goodbye to her partner of 11 years just in case they were unable to halt the "flesh-eating" bacteria threatening to devour his insides; the necrotising fasciitis he had was an infection that followed surgery to ease a bowel incontinence-causing defect he had endured since birth. They could not have known it on that fretful night, but the moment Dan nearly died proved to be the moment his and Esther's life together really started. "It was the kick up the backside we needed," says Dan, chatting six years later via video-call from an idyllic vineyard in Gascony, France, where he is house-sitting. In the on-screen box beside Dan, Esther, who is broadcasting live from the pair's parked-up campervan, nods. "People say every cloud has a silver lining but when you're in the cloud it does not look like it," she says. The couple are currently several hundred miles apart, Dan opting to stay still for a time while Esther prefers to keep mobile. "We've got the best of both worlds, really," Esther says. "We get a home bug and a travel bug. Travelling takes you to some beautiful places but it feels a bit unsettled at times, so then we house-sit somewhere to get a bit of stability. "We realised that during the coronavirus we had not been apart from each other for a year so decided to each just do our own thing for a bit. This whole thing has been really good for us individually and our relationship; we are genuinely happy now." The seeds of that happiness first started to be sown in the weeks after Dan's operation, when he was lying on the sofa eating chunks of discounted Christmas cake they had bought for their wedding. The nuptials had to be cancelled because of his health scare, and they've still not got around to becoming husband and wife. "We really loved to travel and we kept saying one day we would do it, but there was always another project, another job to help pay for the future we wanted that we should do first," Esther says. "We were always just chasing the next objective, always chasing something bigger so we could do something in the future. Then all of a sudden someone turns around and says the person I love and was planning to do it all with could be gone by the morning. "It was time for us to think again about our lives." Dan nods, adding simply: "We were taking our future for granted." With Dan recovering, they decided to start travelling almost immediately, and within three weeks they were on the road. They found a campervan - quickly nicknamed Homer - a tenant for their flat and a buyer for their car. Initially they put most of their possessions in a friend's attic, but have since given most away to friends and charities. "Everything we own and consider personal possessions fits in the van," Dan says. They reckoned with their savings and rental income from their Durham home they could head off for a year-long adventure. The two fitness fanatics were keen to hike and cycle in some of Europe's most beautiful spots. One year has become six and counting, with the couple living off a combination of savings, rental income and money earned doing odd jobs. "When you are sitting on your sofa in Durham trying to decide if you can take the financial risk, with people asking you 'what about your pension?' or 'what about this or that?', you are pretty risk averse," Esther says. "It was not until on the road and finding out how inexpensive it could be, and interacting with people living on the road for 10 or 20 years, that we started to see we did not have to go back to the careers that we had. "We could have done this years earlier." They have never really had a plan but instead have just been "searching for a feeling", Dan says. They've lived in France, Switzerland, Austria, Italy, Slovenia and Liechtenstein, enjoying summers in the altitudes of the Alps and Pyrenees, and have spent winters in the warmer climes of Spain. They have biked and hiked thousands of miles, sometimes apart but most of it together; both recognise they were in a fortunate financial position that's certainly not shared by everyone. No matter how hard they had worked to put themselves in that situation, there was still an element of luck to get there. And they say luck has accompanied them throughout. "The overriding experience for me is that something always comes up," Dan says. "Every time we said 'we needed to do this or that', something happened that made that possible." There was the time they broke down in Italy on a national holiday with the garages closed, and a chance encounter with an expat Mancunian walking her dog led to them being offered a place to stay. Or when they quickly found farm work or house-sitting jobs when they needed some extra cash or a stable base for a while. And then there was the arrival of Leela. In January 2017, Dan and Esther found themselves in San José, a small fishing village of pristine white houses beside the dazzling blue Alboran Sea in southern Spain, enjoying lunch at a cafe with Esther's parents, who had flown out to see how the pair were getting on. It was the cheese and ham toastie that caught Leela's attention. The eight-month-old was a stray, a not uncommon sight in Spain. This one day found Leela on the cafe's terrace, where Esther and Dan slipped her the remnants of their lunch. After some deliberation, Dan and Esther decided to give Leela a home - but what they didn't know until they took her to the vet to be checked over was that their new friend was pregnant. They soon rented a house in the town, where Leela could give birth to her six puppies, and helped the inexperienced mother raise them: Dan and Esther bottle-fed the pups every three hours for several weeks. Two of the dogs found new homes in Spain, while the other four and their mother joined Dan and Esther on their travels. This was the inspiration for what became a series of children's books written by the couple, to add to several travel books Dan has authored. One campervan, two people and five dogs, and there are no plans to end the adventure, no matter how much they miss friends, family and the weekend trips they used to take to the beaches of Northumberland and hills of the Lake District. They might currently be in separate countries but they are of one mind when asked what they plan to do next. "We haven't got a clue," Dan smiles, and Esther nods enthusiastically. All pictures are subject to copyright

إن فكرة حزم ممتلكاتك لتعيش الحياة على الطريق المفتوح لها جاذبيتها، لكن الجوانب العملية تمنع الكثير من الناس من القيام بذلك بالفعل. قبل ست سنوات، بعد أن كاد أحدهما أن يموت وتم تشخيص إصابتهما بالاكتئاب، قام دان كوليجيت، 38 عامًا، وإستر دينجلي، 37 عامًا، بتبادل حياتهم المهنية ومنزل دائم للقيادة عبر الجبال والوديان والسواحل في أوروبا.

حياة فان: ست سنوات للزوجين في دورهام على الطريق (والعد في ازدياد)

The man, aged 50, is accused of a public order offence at a match between Blaby and Whetstone FC and Leicester Nirvana FC on 21 October, last year. The match was being played at the home of Blaby and Whetstone FC in Warwick Road, Whetstone. The man, who has not been named, is due to appear at Leicester Magistrates' Court on 25 February.

تم اتهام رجل بعد حدوث اضطراب في مباراة كرة قدم تحت 15 عامًا في ليستر.

اتهام المشتبه به في اضطراب مباراة كرة القدم لأقل من 15 عامًا في ليستر سيتي

The organisation said rising water levels had damaged nests and breeding grounds. Laura Harpham from the RSPB, at Frampton Marsh, near Boston, said wading birds were most at risk, including ground-nesting avocets. In March, nature reserves in the county suffered from dry conditions which put the same birds at risk from predators.

أثرت الأمطار الغزيرة والفيضانات على أعداد الطيور في لينكولنشاير، وفقًا لـ RSPB.

الفيضانات تدمر مواقع تربية الطيور في لينكولنشاير

Humberside Fire and Rescue Service sent five fire engines to Aire Street in Goole, where the roof of the building was ablaze. The property houses council offices and unoccupied flats. The fire service said it had also attended a number of flooding incidents across Goole after heavy rain hit the town. Matt Smith from the service said the lightning strike caused a fire in the roof void. "It was relatively bad," he said. "We eventually got on top with a turntable ladder and two jets."

كان لا بد من إخلاء مبنى في بلدة شرق يوركشاير بعد أن ضربته صاعقة واشتعلت فيه النيران.

إخلاء مبنى في جوول بعد أن تسبب البرق في حريق

By Matt McGrathEnvironment correspondent, BBC News Neonicotinoid chemicals are usually applied to seeds, entering every part of a growing plant so all of it becomes poisonous to threats like beetles and aphids. And they are widely used around the world - In the US it's estimated that 94% of corn seed is treated with these chemicals. Given their prevalence in farming it is little wonder that scientists have sought to establish if they have played a role in the decline of bee populations widely seen around the world over the last 10 years. But the studies carried out to date have not reached a clear conclusion on the impacts of neonicotinoid chemicals. Some have shown significant effects. Others have not. "We're not making this stuff up, we have reason to think this is a problem," Dr Geraldine Wright from Newcastle University told BBC News. "I think there is an effect of neonicotinoids and I think that based on research I've done in my own lab. Before that I was fairly doubtful, but I do actually think there is an influence." There are far more research papers that show an effect than don't, says Dr Wright. However, Dr Julian Little from Bayer in the UK draws a big distinction between studies conducted in the laboratory and those carried out in the field. "We have never argued about the science, what we have been upset about is how that research has been put into policy. Because when you repeat it with real bees, real colonies in real fields, you don't see any effect." But Dr Wright says it is wrong to dismiss the research carried out in the laboratory. She says the work is done there precisely because it is possible to control the variables such as the doses of the chemicals the animals are exposed to, and thereby establish cause and effect. "I think it is incorrect to outright dismiss the work that has been done in the lab on neonicotinoids because it is clearly indicative there is an effect of these pesticides on the bees brain, their behaviour, and I have unpublished data which shows a strong effect on their physiology - the effect we saw we didn't expect and its quite a strong effect." Dr Wright says that the ban is justified. While the field studies might be unclear, the chemicals do have subtle effects on bees, she says. "If you feed this stuff to honeybees and you give them a measured dose, they don't just curl up and die, their behaviour changes subtly. They are dependant on their abilities to learn and remember things in order to find food. If the workers can't do that they are not as efficient and that's a problem for the whole colony." Bayer believe that the a ban on neonicotinoids will not improve the health of bees. Dr Julian Little says that politicians are drawing the wrong conclusions from the research that has been carried out. "We have two controls for all of this. One is France; we've had massive restrictions on these products for over 10 years, have we seen any improvement in bee health? No. "The other control is Australia where neonicotinoids are used in exactly the same way as in the UK, same formula same crops and they have the healthiest bees on the planet. The difference there is they don't have varroa." Varroa is a parasitic mite that has also played a role in the decline of bees over the past decade. They help spread a range of viral infections that are lethal to the animals. "The varroa mite is key," says Dr Little. "If you don't have varroa you have healthy bees regardless of whether neonicotinoids are used. Varroa and bee health are inextricably linked." Other researchers in the field have concerns over the field data that has been published so far. They are also concerned that focussing too much on the impact of neonicotinoids doesn't fully address the problem. Dr Adam Vanbergen from the UK's Centre for Ecology & Hydrology says he doesn't support the EU ban. Neonicotinoids, he says, are not a smoking gun. "We are beginning to see some evidence that if our pollinators are not malnourished, they are in a better position to buffer themselves against diseases and indeed pesticide effects. That's the root of it really. Neonicotinoids are part of that, but they are not the whole story. "If you ban the neonicotinoids, farmers are going to be compelled to use products that are much more harmful to the environment and to a wider range of animals. "There is a tender balance between protecting the environment and securing the food supply. I still err on the side of not banning, to be honest," he added.

عندما تم تقديم أول مبيد حشري من نوع نيونيكوتينويد في عام 1991، كان هناك ترحيب عام من العلماء لأنه قدم طريقة محسنة لمعالجة بعض آفات المحاصيل الأكثر تدميرا في العالم في حين أنه أكثر أمانا للبشر والبيئة العامة.

تختلف الآراء العلمية حول حظر مبيدات النحل

For more than a century people around the world have been marking 8 March as a special day for women. Read on to find out why. 1. When did it all start? International Women's Day grew out of the labour movement to become a UN-recognised annual event. The seeds of it were planted in 1908, when 15,000 women marched through New York City demanding shorter working hours, better pay and the right to vote. It was the Socialist Party of America who declared the first National Woman's Day, a year later. The idea to make the day international came from a woman called Clara Zetkin. She suggested the idea in 1910 at an International Conference of Working Women in Copenhagen. There were 100 women there, from 17 countries, and they agreed on her suggestion unanimously. It was first celebrated in 1911, in Austria, Denmark, Germany and Switzerland. The centenary was celebrated in 2011, so this year we're technically celebrating the 108th International Women's Day. Things were made official in 1975 when the United Nations (UN) started celebrating the day and setting an annual theme. The first one (in 1996) was "Celebrating the past, Planning for the Future". This year's focuses on ""Think equal, build smart, innovate for change" - UN figures show that only half of working age women are represented in the labour force globally. International Women's Day has become a date to celebrate how far women have come in society, in politics and in economics, while the political roots of the day mean strikes and protests are organised to raise awareness of continued inequality. 2. When is it? 8 March. Clara's idea for an International Women's Day had no fixed date. It wasn't formalised until a war-time strike in 1917 when Russian women demanded "bread and peace" - and four days into the women's strike the Tsar was forced to abdicate and the provisional government granted women the right to vote. The date when the women's strike commenced on the Julian calendar, which was then in use in Russia, was Sunday 23 February. This day in the Gregorian calendar was 8 March - and that's when it's celebrated today. 3. Is there an International Men's Day? There is indeed, on 19 November. But it has only been marked since the 1990s and isn't recognised by the UN. People celebrate it in more than 60 countries, including the UK. The objectives of the day are "to focus attention on men's and boys' health, improve gender relations, promote gender equality and highlight positive male role models". The theme for 2018 was "Positive Male Role Models". 4. How is Women's Day celebrated around the world? International Women's Day is a national holiday in many countries, including Russia where the sales of flowers doubles during the three or four days around 8 March. In China, many women are given a half-day off work on 8 March, as advised by the State Council, although many employers don't always pass the half day on to their female employees. In Italy, International Women's Day, or la Festa della Donna, is celebrated by the giving of mimosa blossom. The origin of this tradition is unclear but it is believed to have started in Rome after World War II. In the US, the month of March is Women's History Month. A presidential proclamation issued every year honours the achievements of American women. 5. What is happening this year? This year's International Women's Day campaign has chosen the theme #BalanceforBetter, which encourages people around the world to take action towards accelerating gender balance. The past 18 months have seen the women's movement reach an unprecedented scale. In October 2017, millions began using the hashtag #MeToo on social media to speak out against experiences of harassment and sexual assault, and to denounce their widespread prevalence. In 2018, the #MeToo conversation grew to a global scale, with countries such as India, France, China, and South Korea joining in the conversation to demand change. In the US a record number of women were elected in the midterm elections. In Ireland, citizens voted to repeal the eighth amendment of the constitution, paving the way for legalised abortion. What is 100 women? BBC 100 Women names 100 influential and inspirational women around the world every year. We create documentaries, features and interviews about their lives, giving more space for stories that put women at the centre. On 8 March, BBC 100 Women will be showcasing inspirational stories from women in the UK and across the world: from India's first school for grandmothers to comedians showing you how to respond to sexist banter. Follow BBC 100 Women on Instagram and Facebook and join the conversation.

ربما تكون قد شاهدت ذكر يوم المرأة العالمي في وسائل الإعلام أو سمعت أصدقاء يتحدثون عنه. ولكن ما هو الغرض منه؟ متى هو؟ هل هو احتفال أم احتجاج؟ وهل هناك يوم معادل لليوم العالمي للرجال؟

يوم المرأة العالمي: التاريخ والإضرابات والاحتفالات

Douglas FraserBusiness/economy editor, Scotland The history books will record 31 January as the day Britain exited the European Union. But historians should give at least as much status to 19 February - the day the Brexit rubber hit the road. It's been a long time coming and businesses can't say they weren't warned. Perhaps they thought, until December's election, that Brexit wouldn't happen, or that the interests of the economy would prevail in the end. But the new plans for a points-based immigration system confirmed their fears - that in the trade-off between 'getting Brexit done' and economic performance, the latter will be the loser. In charge of this policy, Priti Patel continues the approach taken by Theresa May when she was home secretary - setting out policy in bold, stark, uncompromising terms, presumably because that's what Leave voters expect and understand. It may yet be that the policy is softened at the margins, as exceptions are made for the care sector, and perhaps a bit more for farming. But for now, this is immigration policy in high-contrast monochrome. The war zone Some form of exception may also have to be found to save Scottish Tory faces. Jackson Carlaw's party made an election commitment in December to have an immigration policy that works for Scotland's demographics and economy, and it's not clear that message has yet reached the Home Office. Going out to explain the policy and how it will work for Scottish employers seemed to be beyond every rank of Tory contacted by BBC colleagues. It seems they were all too busy on Wednesday. Forced to comment by Holyrood journalists on Thursday, the Scottish Tory leader fell some way short of enthusiastic support for Ms Patel's plans, instead suggesting that elements of the SNP government's approach are worthy of consideration. Let's see how that plays when Mr Carlaw's memo is lobbed into the Whitehall war zone that is, we're told, Priti Patel's private office. Points mean prizes For Scottish business, there were elements of the Patel proposals to be welcomed, in that they were less bad than the previous draft. There is a four-fold rise, to 10,000 across Britain, in the visas for farm workers. And the £30,000 threshold for getting a visa has been lowered, on the advice of the UK government's migration advisory committee. No longer was there to be a cap on skilled workers coming into the UK. But that's where business's diplomatic welcome ended. The vague talk of "an Australian-style points system" which featured in the election campaign, had meant next to nothing. But it became less vague when points were set out for salary, job offer, qualifications, more for a doctorate, and more still for a science and technology PhD - "the best and the brightest". Throw in English language skills, and you might get the 70 points for entry into the UK jobs market. Employers already used to the visa regulations for non-EU migrants find it "notoriously complex and costly", according to the Federation of Small Businesses in Scotland. So once applied to every foreigner, including the high proportion of small firms in Scotland that have got used to European recruitment, it's a daunting prospect. Activating the 'inactive' That's the way it's meant to be, argues Ms Patel. Firms are going to have to adapt, and train up British workers. But which British workers are these? There's an exceptionally low level of unemployment across the UK these days - statistics which sit oddly with the lack of growth or confidence to be found in other data. So the home secretary has pointed to the 20%-plus who are designated "economically inactive". If anyone in her private office had explained to her that these people include those who stay at home to care for their children or for elderly parents (including, one imagines, quite a lot of bedrock Tory voters), plus those who are full-time students or suffering from long-term illness, then the briefing hadn't sunk in. In other words, the economically inactive are not sitting idly at home, available to be sparked into activity as care home workers through the gently persuasive powers of a Home Office taser. Or even a rise in starting pay. Call for flexibility The CBI was more polite than most business groups, arguing that the choice should not be between training up British workers or recruiting from abroad. Instead, it requires a bit of both. Scottish farmers' leader, talking to ITV Borders, sounded dismayed, and rebellious. He's thinking again about the potential for Scotland running its own migrant worker policy. The CBI hasn't ruled that out either, if the UK system fails the flexibility test. The construction industry pointed out that shutting off access to Europe's skilled workforce will mean higher pay. That's a plus, for those who had to wait until this week to find their average pay had finally caught up with the spending power they had before the descent into banking crisis 12 years ago. (That's a factor that probably had a lot to do with the Leave vote in 2016.) Trade unions don't like to look anti-foreigner, but they have seemed uncharacteristically quiet about this, public sector Unison being an exception. In the private sector, they won't be complaining if skill shortages give them pay bargaining leverage. However, the construction industry's representative pointed to the further consequence of pay inflation - that government priorities of building more housing and tackling climate change will become more expensive. That goes for the household shopping basket too. The visa plans' airy dismissal of migrant workers with 'low skills' no longer being allowed in to Britain offered a strange sort of opportunity, at least for the care sector. Donald Macaskill, who speaks and negotiates on behalf of Scotland's private care homes, offered up a blistering denunciation of those who think caring for those with dementia have 'low skills'. He was visibly angered. And this was a chance to point out that demographics and labour shortages require us to think very differently about the lower-paid care workers with superhuman levels of patience and devotion to the care of elderly people. 'A change is gonna come' It would be hard to overstate the significance of the change that is now under way. In the past forty-plus years, there have been waves of massive and sometimes painful change in the British economy, including the clear out of heavy industries and mining, and later of the electronics assembly of Silicon Glen. With each wave of closures, there was a re-orientation of the economy, adjusting to the seamless supply chains and markets of the growing and integrating European market, and ever more dependent for labour on the skills and flexibility that the vast European labour pool offered. With the labour market plans set out on 19 February 2020, all that is set to change. The future economy may see British-born workers on higher pay, with more skills and at the cutting edge of automation, breaking free of petty regulations to occupy the sunny uplands of the 21st century global economy. That's the theory, but it's far from guaranteed. Meanwhile, the only certainty about the transition, wherever it takes us, is that it will take time and it will involve some painful dislocation. Trump card Around the plans to end 'low-skilled' migration have been the pre-talks positioning and posturing of UK and EU negotiators. These should together serve warning that links to those EU supply chains and European customers are going form seamless to sticky, and perhaps increasingly costly. Brexiteers have told us to look beyond Europe, starting with the landmark trade deal to be struck with Donald Trump. Reports from Westminster suggest these Atlanticists are increasingly concerned that the personal chemistry between President and British Prime Minister has turned into a volatile compound when exposed to heat. A visit by Boris Johnson to Washington had to be postponed five days ago, rather than face a snub over the Huawei issue. A terse, details-free 'read-out' from a phone call between Downing Street and Oval Office on Thursday evening did nothing to reassure. Their previous call is said to have ended with President Trump abruptly and angrily hanging up on his British chum. On Thursday, we're told the leaders signed off their call with reference to their next meeting, at the G7 summit, in June. That's right - not until June. And this is now Britain's most important trading and diplomatic relationship.

لقد شرع الاقتصاد البريطاني في تغيير تاريخي، ينطوي على بعض الألم على الأقل، وبعض الفرص، ووجهة غير مؤكدة. سيكون لتغييرات سياسة الهجرة عواقب بعيدة المدى. لقد تم إشعار الشركات بأن الاقتصاد سيحظى بأولوية أقل من "إنجاز خروج بريطانيا من الاتحاد الأوروبي". ومن المفترض أن تتبع القطيعة مع أوروبا علاقة أكثر راحة مع الولايات المتحدة، ولكن الخط الساخن المؤدي إلى المكتب البيضاوي أصبح فاترا.

إن مقايضة خروج بريطانيا من الاتحاد الأوروبي مع الاقتصاد جارية

Normand Energy docked at Invergordon on Wednesday morning after arriving from the port of Kristiansand in Norway. Cromarty Port Authority has informed the ship's captain all crew must stay on board. NHS Highland said it was working with Highland Council to deal with the cluster. Dr Tim Allison, the health board's director of public health, said there was no risk of the infection spreading in the local community. Any work on the ship, which is used for laying pipes, involving harbour staff has been cancelled. Dr Allison said: "NHS Highland is aware of a vessel docked in Invergordon in which a small number of crew have tested positive for Covid-19. "NHS Highland's health protection team is working with environmental health officers in Highland Council and all relevant partner agencies to ensure the safety of all the crew on-board. "There is no risk to the wider community."

طُلب من طاقم سفينة نرويجية راسية في ميناء هايلاند عدم مغادرة السفينة بعد ظهور عدد من الحالات المؤكدة لـ Covid-19 على متنها.

مجموعة كوفيد على متن سفينة نرويجية رست في إنفيرجوردون

About 20,000 people attended the Mela festival in Hoglands Park on Saturday to experience Asian music and culture. Art Asia has spent 10 years and £750,000 to help realise plans for a new arts venue at Guildhall Square. However, it said it had been told by the council and the Arts Council that it would no longer be an anchor tenant. Councillor John Hannides, of Southampton City Council, said he could not comment specifically on Art Asia's concerns because the plans for the Arts Complex had not yet been approved. The Arts Council England will decide next week whether it is going to support the project. If the city council gets Arts Council England's backing it will move the plans forward, Mr Hannides said.

أطلق منظمو أحد أكبر الفعاليات الثقافية في ساوثامبتون حملة لضمان تواجدهم في مجمع الفنون الجديد المخطط له بالمدينة.

يريد منظمو ميلا مكانًا في مجمع ساوثهامبتون الفني

By Simon ArmstrongBBC News "They looked like what they were - a scruffy, penniless American punk-influenced band," says Carl Taylor, a then-23-year-old Riverside regular. "Nirvana made a really strong impression, but they were very much in their infancy and at the start of their journey. We didn't get a sense they would be a group the whole world would hear about." While the buzz among the UK music press was steadily building, Nirvana were very far away from the multimillion-selling machine they would become in the wake of 1991's Nevermind. Signed to small independent Seattle-based record label Sub Pop, debut album Bleach had hit American shelves in June of 1989 with a UK release following two months later. In a time before Smells Like Teen Spirit would command round-the-clock airplay on MTV and turn Nirvana into the world's hottest band, Bleach showcased a much blunter approach. Still to refine the quiet-loud-quiet-loud dynamic that would become such a key part of their songwriting, songs such as Blew, Floyd the Barber and Paper Cuts showcased a heavy, rougher-edged sound. The three-piece arrived on British shores for the start of the 37-show Heavier Than Heaven tour which would be crammed into 42 days. Having recently parted ways with guitarist Jason Everman; Kurt Cobain, Krist Novoselic and Chad Channing would travel across the UK and Europe with fellow Seattle rockers Tad, rotating the headlining slot from show to show. A long time stopping-off point for up-and-coming acts, the Riverside was one of Newcastle's most-cherished venues. For Tad-fan Carl, Nirvana were not even the main attraction - but they would make a lasting impression. After picking up Tad's debut album, God's Balls, earlier that year, he bought a gig ticket from Volume Records, a small independent record shop in the city centre. "The gig was a Monday night and I remember it being pretty cold. There would have been 100-150 people there. The Riverside held 400 or so people at that time, so it was about one-third full. "I can remember seeing Kurt and his straggly blonde hair around the bar before Nirvana's set. He was shaking hands with people and talking to them after coming out of the backstage area. "He looked like everyone else there - scruffily dressed with ripped jeans. There was a certain uniform among the Riverside crowd." Taking to the stage after a short opening blast by Scottish support band The Cateran, Nirvana's ferocious power quickly won him over. "They had a lot of pent-up anger to let out," says Carl. "They were exorcising their demons. "Some of the punk music coming out of America's east coast was political, but there was no sense of that with the Sub Pop bands and Nirvana were in that tradition. They were rooted a little bit more in Americana. It was pretty chaotic. The music was loud and fast and people were responding." Among the set list, he recalls, was Negative Creep and Polly - a song which would later see the light of day on Nevermind. "They came on and played about 13 songs. They clearly had quite strong character and attitude. I thought they sounded a little bit like Husker Du, but their songs were not quite as structured." Also there that night with friends was 23-year-old Jim Mawdsley. A one-time Riverside doorman, he was by then a gig promoter and publisher of local music and style magazine Boiling Point. He too remembers a small but enthusiastic audience. "It wasn't 150 kids jumping around in front of the stage, but people were into it. It was a real music fans' gig. "Sub Pop was a very cool American indie label. It had Mudhoney, who had been over and were playing to about 1,000 people, which was a lot in those days because at the time that sort of stuff was very niche." Nirvana - and especially Cobain - impressed. "I remember thinking it was something special. They were just amazing," says Jim, who today is chief executive of North East-based music development agency Generator and responsible for Tyneside's Evolution Festival. "It had been a while since I'd seen a gig where someone put so much energy into it." The band earned an excited thumbs-up from Boiling Point. The magazine's review read: "The first few songs made it clear they needed to warm up and also suggested they were missing their recently departed guitarist. "By about the sixth song of a pretty long set, though, they were ripping away with their awesomely heavy guitar of theirs - good job as well as bass monster Krist wrecked his instrument in song three, smashing the head clean off and ripping his speaker casing. "If things hadn't improved I think he may have bitten someone's leg off." Novoselic's rage, seemingly, was sparked by being hit on the head with a beer bottle. For Carl, co-author of Riverside: Newcastle's Legendary Alternative Music Venue and producer of an upcoming documentary about the club, the Nirvana gig remains among his most memorable. "It was always a fantastic place to watch live music. With its low ceiling and sweaty walls, it was quite an intimate venue. The barrier between the artists and the audience was broken down. You always felt you were a real part of any particular show." Few of those watching that night could have imagined the maelstrom that would engulf the band within 18 months. The tour would take them to far-from-glamorous stopping-off points including Manchester Polytechnic, Leeds' Duchess of York pub and Norwich Arts Centre. Audience numbers remained small but the band's signature songs - Come As You Are, Lithium and the aforementioned Teen Spirit - would see Nirvana propelled into the mainstream as their follow-up album, 1991's Nevermind, topped the American Billboard chart. By the time the band returned to Newcastle in December of that year for a gig at the larger Mayfair, they had been thrust firmly into the spotlight. Once again, Carl was there to see them. "Melody Maker and the NME were all over them, and I had difficulty getting a ticket. The Mayfair was packed. They were a different band. There was a clear sense with that show they had moved on and shed their support role. "Dave Grohl was playing drums for them by then and they were probably the biggest band in the world at that point." Like Carl, Jim Mawdsley was shocked by the band's sudden ascent. "It was a surprise for me when they crossed over into the mainstream in the way they did because they'd been on a really cool little label. The speed of the journey was so fast - they were headlining Reading [Festival] by '92." Often railing against the ensuing fame, Cobain would be dogged by drug addiction, depression and rumours surrounding his marriage to fellow musician Courtney Love. Third album In Utero followed in September 1993, but a star that had burned so brightly would soon be no more. On 8 April, 1994, he was found dead at his Seattle home from a gunshot wound to the head. His suicide brought to an end a five-year rollercoaster ride which had seen the band go from rags to riches and bring the underground scene kicking and screaming into the mainstream consciousness. The band's music, though, lives on with every new generation - helped a little by those who were in Newcastle that chilly October evening. "My daughter was born in 1995 and has grown up to be a Nirvana fan," says Carl. "She asks me constantly about that Riverside gig, and I always tell her how amazing it was."

لقد أصبحت واحدة من أكبر الفرق الموسيقية في التسعينيات وعرفت صوت "الجرونج" الصادر من سياتل، لكن أول حفلة نيرفانا في المملكة المتحدة كانت في مكان نصف فارغ في نيوكاسل. بعد مرور خمسة وعشرين عامًا، يتذكر اثنان من المعجبين عرضًا فوضويًا ولكن مثيرًا.

نيرفانا: مرور 25 عامًا على أول حفلة موسيقية في المملكة المتحدة في نيوكاسل

By Who, What WhyThe Magazine answers the questions behind the news Those watching this year's World Twenty20 cricket tournament will probably have noticed that the stumps and the bails, known as a wicket, sometimes start flashing a luminous red. Traditionally stumps and bails are made from wood, but the new flashing wickets are made from a composite plastic, which are embedded with LED lights. The use of flashing wickets in international matches was approved by the International Cricket Council in July 2013, and since then they have been used in hundreds of domestic and international matches. Flashing stumps add to the excitement of one-day cricket but they also have a practical use. The rules of cricket say that a batsman is out if they are beyond their batting crease when the stumps are "broken" - that is, when the bails are knocked off the stumps. Both ends of the bail have to come apart from the stumps. However, it can be hard for an umpire to detect this in real time. However, with the new equipment, known as the Zing wicket system, the stumps and bails will flash the moment contact is broken. It was developed by Bronte Eckermann, a former Australian grade cricketer who was inspired by one of his daughter's toys, which was roughly the size of a cricket bail and contained LED lights. The bails are powered by hidden low voltage batteries. They each contain a microprocessor that detects when contact between the bails and the stumps has been broken. The bails are illuminated within 1/1000th of a second. "They can be vibrated, knocked, rained upon, but will only flash when both ends are completely dislodged from the stumps," explains Eckermann. The microprocessors then send a radio signal to the stumps which also light up. Flashing bails might have reprieved Indian captain MS Dhoni in a Test against England in 2006. He was given out because it was unclear to the umpires whether he had been safely behind the crease at the moment the ball hit the wicket, knocking the stumps to the ground. Hundreds of thousands of Australian dollars have been spent developing the technology, turning the humble wooden stumps and bails into an expensive set of equipment. This means that the sight of players clutching stumps after victory could become a thing of the past. Follow Harry Low @harrylow49 and Hannah Sander @hsander365 on Twitter Subscribe to the BBC News Magazine's email newsletter to get articles sent to your inbox.

تأهل فريق إنجلترا للرجال إلى نهائي بطولة العالم للكريكيت Twenty20. طوال البطولة، جذبت الجذوع الوامضة اهتمامًا كبيرًا من المتفرجين. ولكن كيف يعملون في الواقع، اسأل هاري لو وهانا ساندر.

World T20: كيف تعمل الأضواء الموجودة على جذوع لعبة الكريكيت؟

By Emma JonesEntertainment reporter A documentary about Moreno, who won her best supporting actress Oscar for West Side Story in 1962, premiered last week at the Sundance Film Festival. Rita Moreno: Just A Girl Who Decided To Go For It, looks back at the Puerto Rican performer's life, and her future - the 89-year-old also stars in Steven Spielberg's delayed new big screen version of the hit musical. Lopez sang her song Let's Get Loud in Spanish during her performance at the presidential inauguration of Joe Biden last month. But although Moreno welcomes greater equality and diversity within the film industry, she argues that the Hispanic community still isn't as visible as it should be. "The Hispanic community in America has barely moved. And I'm really upset about that," she says. "And because it's barely moved, I'm thinking that at my age, I'm not going to see a real change. We can't just let Jennifer Lopez be the sole representative of the Hispanic community. "I'm probably going to be quoted and inundated with phone calls of people saying, 'You don't like her.' No, I love her. She's brilliant, she's wonderful, she's gorgeous, and her part in the inauguration was touching, but we can't make her the sole representative of what we are. "I love her, I admire her spunk, I admire her talent, and her talent for business. She's fantastic, but... it's like saying that any one of the great black actors is the representative of that community. It's not enough, we can't still be playing the same role over and over." 'Stereotypical roles' Produced by Hamilton's Lin-Manuel Miranda, the documentary examines the sexual assault and on-screen stereotyping that Moreno suffered when she first went to Hollywood. Desperate Housewives actress Eva Longoria recounts how Moreno was required to produce a standard "foreign" accent for the early parts she played, no matter what country the characters were from. The film's Puerto Rican director, Mariem Pérez Riera, says Longoria could relate to Moreno's experiences, as stereotyping was still a problem for actresses of colour. "I think Eva Longoria has had to struggle so much, and she is almost 50 years younger than Rita, so yes, it's incredible how so many women today are still fighting fights that Rita had back then," says the director. "I think it's part of the fact that for so long also, the black community has been also pushed down into only one stereotypical role. And it's the same with the Latin American community. "I mean, I'm from Puerto Rico, I live in the United States, I have an accent, I can speak two languages, and I'm a film director. But there's not a role in a movie or in a TV show like me, because this is not supposed to be a Latina woman. It's supposed to be the one who crossed the border and cleaned houses and is suffering all the time." Directing debuts However, in a historic week that saw three female film directors nominated at the Golden Globes, two of which - Regina King and Chloe Zhao - are women of colour, the Sundance Film Festival also announced it had achieved gender parity across the event, and of those female film-makers, nearly half were women of colour. The winner of the US Grand Jury prize, Coda, about a teenage girl who is the only hearing person in her family, is directed by Sian Heder, who was a writer on Orange is the New Black. The film sparked a bidding war and was bought by Apple TV + for $25m (£18m). Two high profile actresses, Robin Wright from House of Cards, and British star Rebecca Hall, launched their directing debuts at the festival. Wright also stars in her film, Land, about a woman attempting to survive in the American wilderness. Hall's film, Passing, which she co-wrote, stars Tessa Thompson and Ruth Negga, and explores black women "passing" as white because of their light skin in 1920s New York. But even Wright and Hall have recounted how their films struggled to get funding. Passing producer Margot Hand said in conversation with movie website Indiewire that having two black leading actresses and a first-time female film-maker proved "challenging" when trying to get it made. Welsh director Prano Bailey-Bond, whose first feature horror film, Censor, also premiered at Sundance, thinks women are still facing obstacles when trying to reach the highest level of some areas of film production. "It's interesting that a lot of A-list actresses are moving into directing, and I think that's brilliant, but it can be harder for women not coming up through the acting route," she says. "If you want to move up working on the 'craft' side, it's about people trusting you with more money. So, women in different film departments get more opportunities at a certain level, but when it comes to trusting, say, a female composer with more money, we're not quite breaking through on those levels yet. "However, from where I'm sitting now, it's looking very hopeful, and it's very important for young women to see it's possible." Bailey-Bond's film Censor is set in the 1980s world of "video nasties", with a heroine, Enid, who works in film censorship and is forced to watch violent acts on screen. She says that both she and Rose Glass, the director of St Maud, a British horror film that has 17 nominations at this year's Bifa independent film awards, have benefited from changes in attitudes towards women making horror films. "I definitely had a period of making short films where horror and female directors weren't appealing," she remembers. "Luckily when we were writing Censor a couple of years ago, that all changed - films like Julia Ducornau's Raw, and The Babadook, were released. The people who took chances on those directors changed things for directors like me down the line." Meanwhile Karen Cinorre, another first-time feature film maker, agrees that it's "heartening" to know female-directed and themed movies are no longer so rare. Her film, Mayday, starring Juliette Lewis and Mia Goth in an ensemble cast of women, is a play on the Greek "Siren" myth - creatures whose beautiful voices lure warriors to their death. Set on an island seemingly frozen in time, the young women, with Goth playing their leader, lure male soldiers to their death with their "damsel in distress" calls. "We know that films by women and about women have always been made," says New York-based Cinorre. "They're my heroines and I've sought out those films my whole life. But in a more mainstream way, they've been rare. "Now the idea of an all-female ensemble cast of women seems to be thriving, and it didn't used to be. And that's also why I find those Golden Globe nominations heartening, but not actually surprising." The BBC Talking Movies Sundance special is available on BBC iPlayer. BBC World News viewers can find the latest show times at bbc.com/talkingmovies.

قالت ريتا مورينو، أول ممثلة من أصل إسباني تفوز بجائزة الأوسكار، إن "جنيفر لوبيز لا يمكن أن تكون الممثلة الوحيدة" للمجتمع الإسباني عندما يتعلق الأمر بحضور هادف على الشاشة.

ريتا مورينو من West Side Story: "J-Lo لا يمكن أن يكون الممثل الوحيد" لللاتينيين

By Anna CollinsonNewsbeat reporter Until the final episode of series one. Gasps reverberated around the UK when it was revealed that Joe Miller, the seemingly kind and caring on-screen husband of Olivia Colman, was the Broadchurch resident who had killed Danny Latimer. At the very end of series one, ITV confirmed the drama would return but Matthew has spent nearly two years pretending he wasn't part of any of it. The 38-year-old told Newsbeat: "I had to deny that I was doing the second series since filming started, if not before. "That's a good year of technically being 'unemployed', even though I wasn't. "Only a very close-knit group knew the truth; my wife, my dad and my sisters, and that was it." But surely isn't it that the beauty of Broadchurch? Producers are so desperate to keep the audience guessing that they even put special measures in place during filming to stop leaks. "The secrecy certainly helps," said Matthew. "It's the anticipation and the excitement; nobody knows what's going on or is able to spoil it for anyone else." Nearly eight million tuned into the first episode of the new series. By uttering the words 'not guilty' to a crime fans are sure he committed, Joe Miller fast became one of the most hated men on TV. With so many people emotionally involved in the story, we asked Matthew if anyone has ever confused him with his on-screen character? "I haven't had anyone throwing things or wagging their fingers at me on the street, so at the moment I'm safe," he said. The dad-of-two says that although he has concerns that some viewers may see him as a villain in real-life because of who his character is, he was desperate to take on the role. "From the beginning, there was a massive part of me that wanted to be the killer," he admitted. "For most of series one I really didn't think I would be, I only found out ahead of the filming of the final episode. I thought it would shatter Olivia's character, and it did." So far in series two, Matthew has spent much of his time stuck in a glass box in a court room, and he told us there were two things he missed, the seaside and his cast mates, particularly one. "Olivia's brilliant," he told us. "Nobody's got a bad word to say about her, she's just very good and it makes you better. "We all get on really well which made the second series more frustrating because I couldn't mess about, I was stuck away from them." Before Broadchurch aired, Matthew had no idea how big it would become, but he said he did have an inkling during the first read-through with the rest of the cast. "When I was sitting around the table for the first time and I saw all these brilliant people, I did think, 'oooh, this could be quite good,' but I had no idea of the scale until the first episode went out." But don't even bother asking Matthew about what happens in episode two or three. "Wouldn't you like to know..." Ok, will there will be a third series? Will he be in it? "Who knows?" We reckon he has a better idea than most, but Matthew is wise to the questions, he also believes that deep down none of us actually want him to let anything slip. He said: "People ask, 'who did it?' or 'where's it going to go?', but nobody really wants to know. It's all part of the fun of it, it's just a wry question." And you know what? He's probably right. Follow @BBCNewsbeat on Twitter, BBCNewsbeat on Instagram and Radio1Newsbeat on YouTube

** تنبيه بالحرق: إذا لم تكن مطلعًا على آخر أخبار سلسلة Broadchurch الأولى، فلا تواصل القراءة. ** قبل عامين، كان من الممكن أن يغفر لك عدم معرفتك من هو Matthew Gravelle، حتى معجبي Broadchurch ربما واجهوا صعوبة في التعرف عليه له.

Newsbeat يلتقي "قاتل" Broadchurch

They all happened on Monday 3 April, the PSNI has confirmed. Two men died in west Belfast and one died in the south of the city. A police spokesperson said they are not investigating any link between the deaths. Post-mortem examinations will take place to determine the causes. The deaths are not being treated as suspicious at this stage.

تحقق الشرطة في الظروف المحيطة بالوفاة المفاجئة لثلاثة رجال في بلفاست.

تحقق الشرطة في الوفاة المفاجئة لثلاثة رجال في بلفاست

Wales has 40 MPs - 25 from Labour, 11 Welsh Conservative, three Plaid Cymru and one Welsh Liberal Democrat. None of them are expected to stand aside ahead of the early general election. MPs overwhelmingly voted to trigger an early election on Wednesday. The poll will take place on 8 June. Parliament is set to be dissolved on 3 May, at which point the 40 MPs will become candidates.

ظهر أن جميع النواب الحاليين في ويلز سيدافعون عن مقاعدهم في الانتخابات العامة المبكرة.

الانتخابات العامة: جميع النواب الويلزيين يدافعون عن مقاعدهم

Michael McLarnon, 22, was fatally wounded in Etna Drive in Ardoyne, north Belfast, on 28 October 1971. The Committee on the Administration of Justice is due to publish a report by the Historical Enquiries Team. It is expected to show that the killing was not carried out by the man who admitted it. Mr McLarnon's death was the subject of a BBC programme in 2006.

ومن المتوقع أن تظهر تفاصيل جديدة لاحقًا فيما يتعلق بالتحقيق في جريمة قتل مثيرة للجدل على يد الجيش خلال الاضطرابات.

الكشف عن تفاصيل جديدة حول جريمة القتل في اضطرابات بلفاست

The study by Scotland's Rural College said that the figure compared with 45% of over 60s in urban areas. According to the report, Rural Scotland in Focus 2014, the highest levels of fuel poverty were found in Orkney and the Western Isles. The study suggested 75% and 76% of older people there were affected. People in fuel poverty include those who spend a high amount of their income on heating their homes.

أفاد تقرير جديد أن ما يقرب من 60% من الأشخاص الذين تزيد أعمارهم عن 60 عامًا ويعيشون في المناطق الريفية في اسكتلندا يعيشون في فقر الوقود.

فقر الوقود بين كبار السن "الأعلى في الجزر"

The virus causes deformed or stillborn livestock and is thought to spread through midges. States Vet Linda Lowseck said farmers would not know if cattle were affected until calving begins next month. Last month tests confirmed the virus after five lambs were born dead and badly deformed at a farm. Mrs Lowseck said the virus could lead to the suspension of the export trade, particularly concerning bovine embryos. There have been dozens of reports of the Schmallenberg virus across England and cases have been reported in Normandy, France.

تم تحذير مزارعي الألبان من أن أبقارهم قد تلد عجولًا مشوهة الشهر المقبل بعد اكتشاف فيروس شمالينبيرج في قطعتين من الأغنام.

حذر مزارعو الألبان في جيرسي من فيروس شمالنبرغ في الأبقار

By Julian MiglieriniBBC News, Mexico City From costing a couple of dollars per kilo earlier this year, avocados went on a constant price climb which appeared to know no end - rising all the way up to $5-6 per kilo. I heard of sightings of a kilo of avocados for more than $8. In a country that takes its food seriously, this was a recipe for disaster. Soft as butter and slightly sweet, avocado was first grown around 12,000 years ago in the south of Mexico. It's now a delicacy prized the world over. But the origins of its name are not so elegant. The word avocado comes from "aguacate" in Spanish, which in turn comes from the Nahuatl Mexican native language "ahuacatl", referring to a certain intimate part of the male anatomy. ** In Mexico - where 40% of the world's avocado crop is grown - this fruit is sacrosanct. In fact, Mexicans are estimated to eat up to 8kg of avocado each, every year. Avocados go with everything: they are a key additive to the delicious tortilla soup, a layer in the Mexican multi-level sandwiches known as tortas and - last but not least - they are the basis of that most famous of Mexican dips - guacamole. And you don't want to mess with Mexicans and their food. Back in 2007, the rising price of tortillas - the flat-corn bread that is a key source of calories for the poor - sparked a series of protests around the country known as the "tortilla wars". So, with prices through the roof, was I about to witness an "avocado war"? If I was, I had to find out the reasons for the price hikes. And here I discovered that there is something else aside from food that Mexicans seem to enjoy - urban legends. Anger brewing I talked to a security expert who claimed he knew the reason for the spiralling price. The great majority of Mexican avocados come from the state of Michoacan, in the west, a region badly affected by the presence of drug cartels. The cartels, the expert told me, are expanding into the business of extortion, and are targeting avocado growers. The criminals demand a fee for every kilo that is transported through the dangerous roads of Michoacan, and that fee forced up the final consumer price. Nonsense, the head of the local avocado producers' association told me. The cause of the price increase is simply a bad harvest. Carmen, our cleaning lady, had her own conspiracy theory. "I blame the gringos," she told me. "Americans have taken a liking to guacamole, so all our avocados are heading north." Social networks were brimming with comments about how "aguacates" were quickly vanishing from Mexican dinner tables - and the anger seemed to be brewing. But then, an epiphany. I was sitting in the back of a cab, silently hating Mexico City traffic, when an ad burst on to the radio - from a local supermarket, promoting a kilo of avocados for just over $2. Was it over? At my local food market, I confirmed it. At most stands, avocados now are around $3 per kilo, and the prices still seem to be falling. But if there's something I learned over the last few months, it's that I can't always be sure that I'll be able to have my avocado - and eat it. ** The testicle. How to listen to From Our Own Correspondent: BBC Radio 4: A 30-minute programme on Saturdays, 1130. Second 30-minute programme on Thursdays, 1100 (some weeks only). Listen online or download the podcast BBC World Service: Hear daily 10-minute editions Monday to Friday, repeated through the day, also available to listen online. Read more or explore the archive at the programme website.

في الآونة الأخيرة، بدا الأمر وكأن البلد بأكمله يتحدث عن نفس الشيء - ولمرة واحدة لم يكن الأمر يتعلق بكرة القدم أو أحدث المسلسلات التليفزيونية الناجحة. حول موائد العشاء، وفي أسواق الشوارع وفي العمل، كان سعر الأفوكادو هو ما كان يدور في أذهان الجميع.

سعر الأفوكادو في المكسيك يثير مخاوف من الاضطرابات

Mrs Manaka's maths class are struggling with a problem - how to calculate daily profits from a busy car wash. She jots down a formula on the board and pupils begin to shout out their answers. Since lessons started in January, students at Tlakulani Secondary School have also been wrestling with another, much bigger problem - how to study without the new textbooks the government was supposed to provide. "Many times, we ordered the books but they didn't deliver. We reminded them, we keep on ordering the textbooks, and they still didn't deliver," says Mrs Manaka. She fears results will nose-dive in the fast approaching end-of-year exams. Limpopo province, one of the poorest in South Africa, already has some of the worst performing schools in the country. Yet despite an education budget of 22bn rand ($2.6bn; £1.6bn), the ANC-led provincial government has failed to provide any textbooks for this year. Many parents are furious, particularly because some grades are studying a new curriculum this year. "They promised us better education. They campaigned and told us your vote is your voice. Now there is nothing," said Tondani Lydia Masiphephethu, who has three children in Limpopo state schools. Earlier this year, she joined forces with Section 27, a South African NGO, and took the national Department of Basic Education to court to demand it provide textbooks. "In the speech of the president, he announced billions to the department of education. Where is the money?" she asks. The answer to that question shines a light on a problem much wider than Limpopo. Two years ago, Limpopo's education department decided to contract out the procurement and distribution of textbooks. A company called EduSolutions, which operates large state contracts in other provinces, won the bid. But it was soon clear that privatisation meant books would cost the state much more than before. "They wanted a way to corrupt the system, and the only way is when you bring in a middle-man," said Solly Tshitangano, a senior education official at the time of the deal. He says politicians and officials decided to outsource textbook supply solely in order to find a new way to defraud the taxpayer. "This was just the tip of the iceberg. It was not the only deal that was taking money away from the government." Mr Tshitangano was sacked by Limpopo's government last year for gross insubordination and gross negligence. He says it was because he had blown the whistle on the EduSolutions deal and other questionable tenders. By the end of last year, Limpopo's education department had run out of money, before it had ordered any textbooks for 2012. It had racked up an astonishing $250m in unauthorised expenditure and was no longer able to pay salaries. In December, the central government was forced to intervene, taking over education, and four other departments. Once the National Treasury got a look at the books, information began to emerge about tenders which had been awarded without competition, and which appeared to have been manipulated to increase their value. 'Tenderpreneurs' Details of the EduSolutions deal were particularly disturbing. "Having EduSolutions there you had inflated pricing and we didn't have control over the procurement of those books, and we couldn't negotiate discounts," says Kenneth Brown, deputy director general in the National Treasury. Central government cancelled the contract with EduSolutions earlier this year, and Mr Brown says, saved a huge amount of money in the process. "We procured the same amount of books at just 10% of what government would have paid [to EduSolutions]," he says. The Special Investigating Unit - the state body responsible for fighting corruption - is now examining the textbook deal. EduSolutions told the BBC it prides itself on good governance. It said the tender had followed government procurement procedures and that book prices were set by the education department and the publishers. "It is therefore baseless and far from the truth to suggest that the deal with EduSolutions meant inflated prices/ pricing," the company said in a statement. Pat Kgomo, the spokesman for Limpopo's education department, maintained that correct procedure had been followed in awarding the contract to EduSolutions and said in a statement that the allegation the tender was designed to benefit politicians and officials was "false and malicious". The national Department of Basic Education took over the functions of the provincial department in December. Its spokesman, Panyaza Lesufi, accepts there have been serious failings in Limpopo, but says that these are now being addressed by the national government. "You've got bad apples that are doing things that are not correct in terms of tenders, but that does not mean the entire system has collapsed - that's a wrong, misleading view." But government critics say the problems go much wider than the failure to deliver textbooks. "Senior political leaders in the province in their majority are 'tenderpreneurs'," is the blunt assessment of Dan Sebabi, the head of Limpopo's branch of Cosatu, the coalition of trade unions that is in alliance with the ANC. "They are doing business with the same government institutions they are leading. They are awarding themselves tenders." Mr Sebabi believes the ANC politicians who run Limpopo have betrayed the people they are supposed to represent. "They are spitting in the faces of the poor. Our people see these things and their anger is growing by the day." Many other local governments have faced similar accusations. According to South Africa's auditor general, only seven out of 237 South African cities received clean audit reports for 2010. As end-of-year exams approach, some schools in Limpopo are still waiting for books. Parent Tondani Lydia Masiphephethu is furious. "They're just eating money, and my problem is the politicians' children are not in our schools. Most of them send their children outside the country, to study in foreign schools." Rob Walker's Assignment will be broadcast on the BBC World Service on 4 October 2012. Listen to the Assignment via iplayer or browse the documentary podcast archive.

مثلت إدارة التعليم الأساسي في جنوب أفريقيا أمام المحكمة هذا الأسبوع، بتهمة الفشل في تسليم الكتب المدرسية لأطفال المدارس في مقاطعة ليمبوبو الشمالية. وتطورت القضية إلى فضيحة محرجة لحزب المؤتمر الوطني الأفريقي الحاكم، تنطوي على مزاعم بسوء الإدارة والفساد، حسبما ذكر مراسل بي بي سي روب ووكر.

على درب الكتب المدرسية المفقودة في جنوب أفريقيا

Michael Kavanagh was released from HMP Hull in error on Friday. A police spokesman said Mr Kavanagh was located on Sunday and taken into police custody. No details as to how he was found have been released. He is on remand awaiting trial for allegedly carrying an offensive weapon and intent to cause grievous bodily harm, in June. Hull Prison is a Category B men's jail that originally opened in 1870 to hold both men and women. It has capacity for 1,044 prisoners.

قالت شرطة هامبرسايد إنه تم العثور على سجين تم إطلاق سراحه عن طريق الخطأ من السجن.

تم إطلاق سراح سجين HMP Hull عن طريق الخطأ أثناء احتجازه

JULY 2019 It's the summer before the start of university, results are around the corner and the time of home-cooked meals and laundry that appears to do itself is finally ending. But despite the fact that we should be fussing over budgeting and acquiring culinary skills beyond the realms of pasta and Pot Noodle, one of the most stressful decisions surrounding uni for a lot of people is whether or not to remain in their secondary-school relationships. Speaking to my friends, I've found that some are opting to keep relationships going despite the pressures of distance while others are finishing things before the start of term. And then there's a third group who have decided to go to the same city as their partners so that they can study - and stay - together. I'm curious about those who are planning to keep their existing partners. Will their relationships survive, or will the romantic possibilities in their new environments be too exciting to turn down? Luke will soon be leaving Kent to start a degree in geography at Southampton. Although uni is a welcome change, the worry over what will become of him and his girlfriend, who will be studying three hours away, is intensifying. They've been together for a few months and Luke credits the relationship with helping him stay sane through his exams and overcome his struggles with anxiety. Although he's aware of the potential difficulties to come, Luke doesn't want to break off the relationship prematurely. Instead, he hopes that regular visits, social media and a lot of commitment will help keep it going. He knows there won't be the same level of intimacy between them and says he's worried that temptation at uni may become an issue. "Trust is maybe the one thing that I am worried about going forward. I trust my girlfriend 100%, unequivocally," he says. "But we're going to both be in large cities making new friends every single day. The chances of either one of us finding someone that we perhaps like more, get on with more, find more attractive, are quite high. "With flatmates, say, you'll be spending every day with them, rather than the five hours at a weekend you'll get with your partner. There could be problems." Even so, he thinks that maybe he and his girlfriend can make it work. Find out more Listen to Degrees of Love, featuring Anoushka Dougherty and her friends, on BBC Sounds Although the separation will be hard, he reflects, it could help test the relationship and allow them both to see if it is really worth pursuing further. "If you go to uni and it all works out, then you know then you've got some solid foundations to work on and a relationship that could last for life. If you get past the first two years or so then you'll know that the relationship is going to work - and if you don't, then that's a good indication that it was never going to work." Our friend Tom thinks this may be misguided. University changes people, he says, so he urges Luke to end things before term starts. He's influenced by his older brother, who went to university single and fell in love there. And he notes that at university, you get to pick from a much larger pool of people. "There will be loads of opportunities there and so much more chance of meeting the right person," he says. Relationship therapist Dee Holmes, who works for the counselling service, Relate, tells me these different views are shaped in part by how people respond to new challenges. "I think for some people starting university brings a lot of excitement and they can shed all that's gone before. For them, it's a new start. And yet for others, it's quite important to have the security that they've got at the moment." She adds that while social media may make it easier to stay in relationships, it can also put a strain on them. This is particularly the case if one person becomes isolated and suspicious. "If you're spending every night in your room on a Skype call with your girlfriend or boyfriend miles away, then actually you are going to be probably making that loneliness and insecurity greater. Especially if they're having fun with flatmates and going out, while you're left wondering what's going on." One way round this might be to go to university in the same city as your partner - which is exactly what Thea and Lola have chosen to do. They're starting at Leeds Uni and their boyfriends will be at Leeds Beckett, right next door. Thea, who has been with her boyfriend, Jack, for two years, says it's a perfect solution. "You have that sense of support while you're in the same place, but you have the separation which you kind of need, so you can find your feet and do your own thing," she says. She notes, though, that neither her parents or Lola's are fully on board with the decision. They seem to fear that their daughters will be cut off from the full uni experience. "I think they're quite sceptical about it because if your child's going to university you don't want to be paying £9,000 a year for them to be hanging out with their boyfriend, or staying in bed together. They say that university is the best time of your life and they don't want their kid to waste it being with their boyfriend or girlfriend." It's not you... Every year freelance journalist Justin Myers posts a darkly humorous tweet on A-level results day, pointing out that all the good news could be the kiss of death for relationships. "I've been wheeling this out in various incarnations for the last eight years or so. It's instantly relatable to anyone who went to university. We've all seen it happen! Most of the lovebirds in my first-year halls consciously uncoupled by Halloween," he says. "Most people love the tweet and laugh along, but in recent years I've noticed an increasing backlash, mostly from couples who stayed together and are anxious to assert their monogamy, or those claiming new students might be upset by the tweet. I'd argue teenagers aren't humourless and are smart enough to know how things might turn out. And if you bucked the trend, congratulations!" When it comes to advice on practical steps to make long-distance relationships work there are blog posts on how often to call, how to build up trust and deal with difficult situations. One is written by travel-blogger Absolutely Lucy, who stayed with her boyfriend from home all the way through uni, only to drift apart once they settled into the world of work. As students, they dedicated certain weekends to couple time and sent thoughtful texts and even flowers to help keep the relationship going. They both made an effort and Lucy thinks this was the key. "Temptation is the biggest question of all about having a boyfriend at university. There is a lot of temptation, if you like sweaty blokes wearing too much aftershave daring mates to down pints without being sick! Some might feel left out of all the drunken snogging and sleeping around that comes with freshers' [week], but you're not really missing anything! It's possible to go to university and not sleep with everyone. It's possible to go on a night out and go home with your girls and a greasy burger!" Katie Broadbent has also written a survival guide for students separated from their partners, which includes sharing problems with close friends and keeping as busy as possible while apart. She'd been with her boyfriend, Sam, for two years before they started at different universities and they're still together now that they've graduated. It was hard, but worth the effort, she says. "I know that many of my friends and family were doubtful about whether we'd stay together, but our relationship is stronger than ever. "We've both matured a lot and been through so much. Now we're looking forward to the future together. I believe that if you really are committed to your partner, you will always find a way to make things work." SEPTEMBER 2019 In Leeds, freshers' week is already over. Thea says she has hardly seen her boyfriend over the last few days because they agreed to use the time to make new friends. Lola tells me she wonders whether spending more time together away from home and their school friends might mean she and her boyfriend clash more, but she's philosophical about it. "I'd be surprised if we were still together in a year - pleasantly surprised, but I just don't think we will be. I don't think it's going to be anything sad, or like some emotional break-up," she says. And Thea also recognises there is no guarantee that her "perfect solution" will work. "If you do split up and you're both in the same city, or both at university, it is gonna be harder. But it's always hard if you split up with someone, isn't it? It's never really going to be that easy. "And if you've spent time making an effort with new people, then you're going to be dealing with splitting up with friends around you. You'll be forced to socialise with people rather than lie in your bed all day playing sad songs!" But two of my friends, Luke and Tom, have both made 180-degree turns. What a difference two months makes. Tom, whose advice was to split up before going to university, is now thinking it's worth giving it a try with his girlfriend, Jenny. Luke, on the other hand, who wanted to make his relationship work, has just been told by his girlfriend that she's changed her mind. He's been dumped. But amazingly, he doesn't seem too disappointed. "She said it would be hard. Even though it would've been a struggle I was prepared to do it. But now she's ended it and I think that's left me more excited to start uni," he says. "It means I can go without having to worry about anything at all!" You may also be interested in: Anoushka Dougherty was offered a place at Cambridge University, but she's mixed-race and from a state school - and only 3% of students who started at Cambridge in 2017 were black, or mixed-race with black heritage. So is it the best place for her? At this point, she's not sure. READ: 'I'm mixed-race, is Cambridge University right for me?' (January 2019)

أنهت أنوشكا دوجيرتي، البالغة من العمر تسعة عشر عامًا، دراستها في وقت سابق من هذا العام وأمضت أشهر الصيف في التفكير في خطوتها الكبيرة التالية - وهي مغادرة منزلها في كينت والتوجه إلى الجامعة في مانشستر. لاحظت أن أحد الأسئلة الرئيسية التي كان أصدقاؤها يتصارعون معها هو ما يجب فعله بشأن أصدقائهم وصديقاتهم الحاليين. لتفريغ، أو عدم تفريغ؟

"هل يجب أن أتخلص من صديقتي قبل الجامعة؟"

By Sandish ShokerBBC News, East Midlands The start of Ramadan means millions of Muslims will begin fasting during daylight hours for a month. But there have been concerns among health bosses that some may delay getting their vaccines as a result. During Ramadan, many Muslims abstain from allowing anything to enter their body, such as food and drink, between sunrise and sunset. Senior NHS workers who are Muslims and the British Islamic Medical Association have issued assurances having the vaccination will not break the fast and the NHS has set up pop-up vaccination centres at mosques, workplaces and community centres, with options such as out-of-hours and women-only clinics being considered. Erum Suleman, from Derby, said she thought the comfortable and familiar settings would encourage other Muslims to get their jabs. Mrs Suleman, who had her vaccination on Friday - just before Ramadan began this week - said: "Some local people might feel more comfortable going to the community centre, because they know the people there, and they can walk there, and I think these things are a big help." The 43-year-old, who founded the charity Erum's Helping Hand, said there had been hesitancy among some Muslims in her community about taking up the vaccine. She added: "I have heard people talking about whether they are going to get the vaccine or not and I would say to people that sooner or later we all need to get it, so just go as soon as you are invited... and then we can see our parents and families again. "A lot of people in the community know me through my charity work so I thought if people saw me getting the jab done then they might book theirs too." Mrs Suleman added she felt having the vaccination was, in fact, in keeping with the aims of Ramadan. "Whatever we do for good in those 30 days of Ramadan, this is a good step for the future, for our children and for our families," she said. "By doing this we are showing that we care for others, our community, for everybody, and we are helping others - which is what Ramadan is about." Yunas Naroo from West Bridgford, Nottinghamshire, is due to have his second vaccination during Ramadan. The 83-year-old said he had sought advice on having the vaccine during the holy month and was confident it was safe to do so. "I enquired about it, but I've not been worried," he said. "I had my first vaccine and didn't feel any side effects at all so I wasn't worried about the second dose. "I have been fasting for a long time, since I was young, so my body is used to it." Mr Naroo, who is the vice chairman of the Jamia Masjid Sultania mosque in Sneinton, Nottingham, said he was aware of some concerns within the community. "I know some people are worried about having the vaccine and everyone has their own opinions, but I don't see any problem with it," he said. "I recommend everybody should have it when they are asked to book, just to be on the safe side." Leicester Imam Dr Ather Hussain said he had been telling worshippers having the vaccination is "a form of worship". "Worship is anything that brings kindness and unity to the people around you," he said. "Walking around and refusing to take the vaccine or any precaution is irresponsible and selfish. "Anything which reverses that trend and protects you and your neighbours - that's a form of worship." He added he believed the timing of Ramadan this year was "just so important". "It opens your eyes to our responsibilities and who and what matters in your life, and in the pandemic, everyone matters," he said. "This virus has taken everyone from society - of every race and religion - and we have all got to be careful and responsible." Dr Shehla Imtiaz-Umer, a Derby GP and representative of the British Islamic Medical Association (BIMA), believed it was important not to delay the vaccination programme. "As Muslims we have a duty to preserve life and getting vaccinated is the most effective way to prevent illness and loss of life from Covid-19," she said. "We must now stand together and not allow this progress to halt during Ramadan." Follow BBC East Midlands on Facebook, Twitter, or Instagram. Send your story ideas to eastmidsnews@bbc.co.uk. Related Internet Links Derby and Derbyshire CCG

تم إنشاء سلسلة من مراكز التطعيم المنبثقة في المساجد لدعم المسلمين للحصول على تطعيم كوفيد خلال شهر رمضان، بعد مخاوف من علماء المسلمين وقادة هيئة الخدمات الصحية الوطنية من أن فترة الصيام قد تثبط عزيمة البعض. بي بي سي نيوز تلتقي بأشخاص يرحبون بالخدمات الجديدة.

كوفيد: الحصول على اللقاح في رمضان يساعد الآخرين

Plans to re-use the former site of the Environment Agency and Defra on Burghill Road were approved by a planning committee on Wednesday. The temporary site - which could be used until December 2012 - will include facilities for ICT, science and technology, sport and extra classrooms. Bristol Free School is set to be the largest of its kind in England.

حصلت مدرسة بريستول الحرة على الضوء الأخضر لإنشاء مرافق مؤقتة في ويستبري أون تريم.

تحصل خطط مدرسة بريستول المجانية على موافقة المجلس

The article appeared in the column 'Londoner's Diary' under the caption, "Is Prince Andrew's Southyork mansion going to Sri Lanka?" It says President Chandrika Kumaratunge has bought the Sunninhill Park mansion belonging to Prince Andrew, the second son of the Queen. The article says, "Has the Duke of York finally sold his country mansion, Sunninghill Park? One well-placed source tells me the property - dubbedSouthyork after the Ewing ranch in the 1980s TV series Dallas - has been bought by former Sri lankan Presidnet Chandrika Kumaratunge. The article says that the Prince Andrew has been desperate to sell the mansion since divorcing Sarah, Duchess of York in 1992. Worth £10 million Stating that the mansion has been on the market for more than three years for ten million pounds, says it is not known how much Mrs.Kumaratunge might have paid for the white elephant on the Berkshire-Surrey border. The article also alleges that two flats in Paris have also been bought by President Kumaratunge. The Evening Standard further says that President Kumaratunge is known to have been keen in buying a house in the UK nearer to her son who is qualified recently as a veterinary surgeon from the Bristol University and her daughter who is a doctor in the UK. The office of the President Kumaratunge says that it, ".......wishes to categorically reject the references to her in the said article which are baseless, as she does not, nor propose to, own property abroad." Denial Considering the extreme damage the said article has done to the reputation of President Kumaratunge, office of the pesident requests the Evening Standard publish the statement issued by them. It also says that legal action will be taken by President Kumaratunge against the newspaper for publishing defamatory article. However, a member of the editorial of the paaper told Sandeshaya that they stand by their report. "We have not received any denial or a formal letter of litigation", the editorial member said. Palace declines to comment When we contacted the Buckingham Palace to verify this information the media unit in the palace said they would not comment on private transactions. The Unit said they reject the article appeared in the Evening Standard.

"هل سيذهب قصر الأمير أندرو في ساوثيورك إلى سريلانكا؟" رفضت الرئيسة تشاندريكا باندارانايكا كوماراتونجا بشكل قاطع أنها اشترت قصرًا في المملكة المتحدة كما أوردت صحيفة إيفنينج ستاندرد الصادرة في الأول من ديسمبر عام 2005 في المملكة المتحدة.

شاندريكا تنفي قصة القصر

In a statement, organisers said current circumstances would prevent bringing the "best atmosphere and event to runners and spectators" on 5 April. It said it took the decision after government advice to be mindful how events could be a burden on public services. Organiser Matt Wall said the event team were left with "little option" other than to move it to later in the year. In a statement, published on the event website, organisers said the team were "excited about delivering a fantastic event" but had to prioritise the "wellbeing of all runners, spectators and crew". Organisers said those who had a place would have it automatically moved to a new date, which they hoped to confirm in the coming weeks. Latest news from the West Midlands Speaking to BBC CWR, Mr Wall said organisers had been "working like mad" behind the scenes, but "ultimately we are a community event and our biggest focus was about ensuring the community could be safe and that we weren't going to be a drain on other resources". There have been 798 confirmed cases of the virus across the UK as of 09:00 GMT on Friday., including three in Coventry. Follow BBC West Midlands on Facebook, on Twitter, and sign up for local news updates direct to your phone. Related Internet Links Coventry Half Marathon

سيتم تأجيل نصف ماراثون كوفنتري بسبب فيروس كورونا.

تأجيل نصف ماراثون كوفنتري بسبب فيروس كورونا

By Anthony ZurcherEditor, Echo Chambers Just ask Stephen Colbert, who is both a master of the art and its latest victim. The first thing to understand is that the Stephen Colbert on Comedy Central's The Colbert Report is not really Stephen Colbert. The show's "Stephen Colbert" is a caricature, a cardboard version of a right-wing pundit used to poke satirical fun at right-wing pundits like Rush Limbaugh and Bill O'Reilly. On Wednesday night, Colbert mocked the attempt by the owner of the Washington Redskins US football franchise to defuse allegations that the team's name is a racist slur on Native Americans. Earlier this week, Dan Snyder said he was starting an "Original Americans Foundation" to provide support to impoverished Native American communities. On his show, Colbert announced that he was going to "show the Asian-American community I care by starting the 'Ching-Chong Ding-Dong Foundation for Sensitivity to Orientals or Whatever'". It was a reference to previous instances on the show where Colbert pretended to be a stereotypical Asian and then didn't understand why his behaviour might be offensive. The following day, the network-run @ColbertReport Twitter account - over which Colbert and his show have no editorial control - sent out a tweet to its one million followers with that quote, devoid of any context or reference to the Redskins. The message caught the attention of 23-year-old social media activist Suey Park, who gained fame in 2013 by creating the #NotYourAsianSidekick Twitter trend. On Thursday night, she tweeted to her 18,000 followers: "The Ching-Chong Ding-Dong Foundation for Sensitivity to Orientals has decided to call for #CancelColbert. Trend it." She followed it up with a concerted campaign to rally support for her cause. When supporters of the show pushed back, pointing out that Colbert's routine was satire, Ms Park pressed on: "Dear white people, we're not stupid. We know what satire is and what it isn't." "I shouldn't have to interrupt my work/social life to respond to every act of racism. The left is just as complicit." "I'm sick of liberals hiding behind assumed 'progressiveness.'" That last tweet was picked up by conservative columnist Michelle Malkin, who called on her 700,000 followers to "co-sign", giving the trend additional momentum. The Twitter war quickly caught the attention of the mainstream media, as columnists and commentators weighed in on the matter. Salon's Mary Elizabeth Williams admits that she is "a full-time, professional offended feminist", but adds: I've got to say that we all undercut the serious points we may be trying to make about changing the conversation when the response to something that we deem inappropriate is a full-on demand for somebody's head. Colbert's humour succeeds by "cranking offensiveness up so far as to be inherently unbelievable", writes the Wire's Brian Feldman. "React however you choose, but this sort of thing is Colbert's bread and butter." Slate's David Weigel wonders if Ms Park's "hashtag activism" will have an effect: Any time a public figure or group of people is blitzed and told not to say something offensive, no matter how prideful they are, the instinct is to never say that again. He says that just because Colbert has tried to mock someone else's racism, that's not enough for people like Ms Park: As they explained in 140-character bursts, when a white comedian like Colbert joked about racism by playing a racist, he was still telling his audience to laugh at a racist joke. Anyone who disputed this was trying to "whitesplain" satire - an argument that can never be debunked. He also notes that the entire episode exposes how difficult it is to win Twitter outrage wars: The weaponised hashtag also takes power from the people who are trying to mock it - Twitter doesn't discriminate between earnestness and parody. People making fun of the humorlessness and bad faith of the hashtag end up keeping it in the "trending" column. The Daily Banter's Chez Pazienza calls Ms Park a "human umbrage machine", saying he hopes the episode will "serve as the breaking point for progressive pop culture, when it finally decides that the constant ridiculous outrage has become nothing more than self-parody". Meanwhile, those on the right revelled in a liberal icon like Colbert taking fire from the left. Twitchy, a social media watchdog site founded by Malkin, took particular delight, collecting tweets from outraged liberals and liberals outraged at the outrage. Douglas Ernst of the Washington Times blogs that Colbert's situation "highlighted quite nicely where you end up when you follow that worldview to its logical conclusion: the land of livid thought police". "Sadly, Mr Colbert, for some weird reason, still doesn't understand that his own ideology breeds intellectual cannibals," he adds. Comedy Central has since deleted the offending message, and Colbert tweeted from his personal account that he had nothing to do with it: "#CancelColbert - I agree! Just saw @ColbertReport tweet. I share your rage. Who is that, though?" As regular viewers of The Colbert Report will attest, the show's guests and interview subjects often act as though they're oblivious to being the target of subtle derision. It's part of the show's insidious charm. Ms Park, on the other hand, professes to be well aware of Colbert's style of humour and contends that pretending to be racist is just as bad as being racist. If Colbert had used a racial epithet - say, the "n" word, for instance - to make fun of a Klan member, would that have been acceptable? Is "ching-chong ding-dong" any less inflammatory? At what point does humour cross over into offensiveness? As I wrote, satire is dangerous business. That danger, walking the line between laugher and shock, is part of what makes it so compelling - and Colbert so popular.

يمكن أن تكون السخرية لعبة خطيرة. إن إلقاء النكات عن العنصريين أمر آمن. إن إلقاء نكتة حول العنصرية من خلال التظاهر بأنك عنصري هو نوع من الفكاهة التخريبية التي يمكن أن تسبب لك الكثير من المشاكل.

حرب تويتر على ستيفن كولبيرت

By Athar AhmadBBC Panorama The woman on the phone thinks she has a fiancé in the US. But the romantic emails she's been receiving are really coming from a small town in Nigeria. Laura Lyons has to break the bad news. She's a private investigator who specialises in tracking down online romance fraudsters, otherwise known as "catfish". "When you have to go back to individuals and explain to them that this person doesn't exist, they're not real, that is really hard to do," she says. The catfish are often based in Africa and work from pre-written romantic scripts in internet cafes. Their stories are designed to tug at the heart strings and to empty bank accounts. More than a quarter of new relationships now start through a dating website or app, so there's no shortage of potential victims. Most victims are too embarrassed to go to the police, but there are still 10 catfish crimes a day reported in the UK. Those affected by such scams lose on average around £15,000. The mark: A victim who is targeted by romance fraudsters Roy Twiggs shows me the stream of email conversations he had with someone who pretended to be a US woman called Donna. Roy thought they were in love and were going to get married. Then she started asking for money to help with a building project in Malaysia. "The money seemed to be for plausible things. When you're sending £3,000, £4,000, it sort of all adds up. "After I'd worked everything out I'd actually paid her the best part of £100,000." The 67-year-old from Doncaster should be enjoying a comfortable retirement. Instead he's paying off creditors each month using his pension. "I'm broke. You're whitewashed, you're totally devastated, you're finished, you just don't want to be bothered anymore." While we are filming we spot a worrying entry on Roy's calendar. He has written "$500" next to the name Sherry. Sherry is Roy's new American girlfriend. He met her online. When I check the messages Sherry has sent, it's clear she's using the same language and methods as the original catfish. It's far from unusual, as catfish are ruthless with their victims. If you have been hooked once, you are more likely to be targeted again. The bait: A fake profile used to hook someone online I want to catch a catfish by setting up my own fake dating profile. Nearly two-thirds of reported victims are women, so I have become Kathryn Hunter - a wealthy divorcee looking for love. It's not long before the catfish begin to bite. Four men approach me online and they all claim to be US soldiers. It's an immediate red flag. The military profile is a commonly used cover story which gives catfish an excuse not to meet in person, as well as providing a seemingly legitimate reason to ask for money to be sent overseas. One of the soldiers, who calls himself Paul Richard, comes on strong. On day two, he tells Kathryn he's in love. On day three, he wants to marry her. He takes the conversation away from the dating site and bombards me with texts. There are messages late into the night and more waiting for me in the morning. After a week, Paul Richard says he wants to speak on the phone. My producer takes on the role of Kathryn for the call. The number he rings from has a Nigerian dialling code. After a brief silence, a man with a thick African accent comes on the line. He doesn't sound like the American soldier whose picture he is using. But Paul explains away his accent by saying he has a cold. The easiest way to prove someone is a catfish is to find the real person whose pictures they are using. An online reverse image search can show where the pictures came from on the internet. The first three photos Paul sends us don't work, because the meta data has been stripped from the picture. But we get a result on the fourth, a selfie Paul claims is him in his army uniform. It leads us to the Instagram page of Juan Avalos, a real life marine whose page features the same pictures sent to us by Paul. He has uploaded a warning about catfish because so many fraudsters have been using his photos to scam people. Juan told us: "These guys will say anything to anybody and lie. I run into so many messages, even if I show them it's not me they still don't believe it because they are so deeply in love." For the next few weeks, my producer continues to speak to Paul Richard on the phone as I listen in. Paul talks gushingly about their future life together and his plans to move to the UK to be with Kathryn once his army service finishes. The conversations grow longer and more frequent, punctuated with kisses, flirtatious comments and a regular request for pictures. There's just one thing standing in the way of our future happiness - Paul's son is sick and desperately needs medical attention. He asks for $800 (£620) to pay for young Rick's treatment. Paul says we should pay the cash to his nanny in the US, a woman called Marcy Krovak. It's a breakthrough because, unlike Paul Richard, Marcy Krovak is a real person. Mule: Someone who transfers money or goods for the catfish Catfish need real people to pick up cash for them as some form of identification has to be shown when collecting transactions. Some of these money mules are innocent victims tricked into forwarding on cash, others are in on the scam. We don't know whether Marcy is in on it or not, so we head to Slippery Rock, Pennsylvania, where she lives. We send her a small amount of cash to see if she will pick it up. The next three days are spent sitting in a blacked out van outside Marcy's local Western Union. We spot a number of women who look like her going inside but each time it's a false alarm.. Then, just as we think our sting has failed, we receive a notification telling us the cash has been picked up using Marcy's ID. But it's been collected 400 miles away - in New York. When we ask Marcy what's going on, she claims she's also a victim of our catfish: "I never was going to go to Western Union and pick that money up but now somebody's used my info and gone and picked it up. It was not me, I did not do it. Please find this person." The reveal: Unmasking the catfish It seems like we have hit another dead end, but then our catfish makes a mistake. Paul Richard accidentally leaves a name tag - Dan Coolman - on one of his WhatsApp pictures. We search through all the Dan Coolmans in Nigeria and we find one who runs a barbershop in Ibadan. He's using the same number that our catfish has been calling us from. Dan Coolman is another false name, but we discover the phone is registered to Daniel Joseph Okechkwu. We then find a Twitter account with that name and the same profile picture as the one used by Dan Coolman. We have finally uncovered the real identity of our catfish. We head for Ibadan, but by the time we get there he's gone. The doors to the barber shop are locked and locals say it's been closed for weeks. There is a photo of our catfish posing with a customer on the side of the building, but no-one seems to know where Daniel Joseph Okechkwu has gone. After three months of talking to our catfish, we decide to call him and tell him who we really are. Surprisingly, he doesn't hang up straight away. He sticks to his story about being a US soldier and insists his name is Paul Richard. He denies scamming anybody and then ends the call. It feels like a disappointing end to our search, but later that night he calls back. This time, Daniel Joseph Okechkwu confesses. He claims it's the first romance scam he's ever pulled and that he has been forced to do it because of the closure of his barber shop. He sounds sincere and he apologises for the way he has treated us. Our catfish says he wants to stop being a romance fraudster. But he needs us to give him money, so that he can afford to stop tricking other people out of their cash. It's a classic catfish twist. They never give up on the scam even when they have been rumbled. You can watch BBC Panorama's Billion-Pound Romance Scam on Monday 19th November at 8:30pm on BBC One, or afterwards on BBCiPlayer.

إنها محادثة صعبة للاستماع إليها.

كيف شرعت في القبض على المحتال الرومانسي

It is claimed that plastic bottles are regularly strewn across the pitches following football games. Local councillor Jennifer Stewart said it was "ruining a gorgeous space" and said she would raise the issue at a meeting with sports body Sport Aberdeen. Sport Aberdeen has been contacted for comment.

من المقرر إجراء محادثات حول كمية النفايات البلاستيكية المتبقية في متنزه هازلهيد الشهير في أبردين.

يجب معالجة القمامة البلاستيكية في ملاعب Hazlehead Park في أبردين

Previously shopping or dealing with bills was a daunting task, he said. Now Tim, 54, is learning to drive and hopes to start his own business as a tree surgeon. "It's changed my life," he said. 'Thought nobody cared' About seven million adults in England have very poor literacy skills, the Literacy Trust charity estimates. Tim said his problems began as a nine-year-old when he was left at a boys' home. "From that point I thought nobody cared about me so why should I care? "So I never concentrated at school." Tim, who lives in Bristol, said he managed to cope with life by hiding his skills gap and took a job as a tree surgeon and landscape gardener because it did not require him to read. "I was scared to tell people. I kept it quiet." 'I've got to learn' Despite being employed, life as a non-reader was a struggle. "I would go into a supermarket and not understand the signs, or bills would come through the door and I couldn't read them. "Then I got throat cancer in 2004 which made it hard to speak. "It got to the point where I thought 'I've had enough now, I've got to learn to read'." If you know someone who needs help After trying some group sessions, which he said gave him panic attacks, he met volunteer Jill Johnston. They have been meeting up twice a week, for the past year, when restrictions allow. Their sessions involve the phonics method, which teaches pupils to recognise which sounds are associated with which letters. "Tim has many attributes," said Ms Johnston. "He listens well, and has a good memory." Thanks to their time together, Tim - who has never travelled abroad - has applied for a passport, learned to drive and is enjoying books. Next he plans to buy a van to set himself up as a self-employed tree surgeon. 'Cannot overestimate the courage' Graham Bottrill, chairman of the charity Read Easy in Bristol, said people who cannot read can feel a deep sense of shame. "They often keep their problems with reading secret, which makes life incredibly hard. "Sometimes even their own families don't know." Mr Bottrill said he had known adults feel a "tremendous release" when they were able to read. "But you cannot overestimate the courage making that step takes," he said. Covid-19 impact Jason Vit, from charity The National Literacy Trust, said lockdown had created extra challenges for adults learning to read. "Regular, in-person support is so important to help with motivation and confidence," he said. While online learning could be "fantastic" for those who struggled to read, finding the resources online was a challenge in itself, he continued. "At the same time, the impact of Covid-19 is highlighting the critical importance of good literacy skills in adapting to new ways of working." Related Internet Links Read Easy

كان تيم ديفيز واحدًا من ملايين البالغين في إنجلترا الذين عانوا من أجل القراءة والكتابة. لقد حاول لفترة طويلة إخفاء هذه الحقيقة، لكن إصابته بالسرطان دفعته إلى إعادة تقييم حياته ولم يتمكن حتى الإغلاق من إيقاف تقدمه.

الفوز بالإغلاق: كيف غيّر تعلم القراءة في سن 54 حياتي

The UK group has cancelled further development of its antibody Motavizumab for the prevention of a respiratory virus. It said it would take the $445m charge in its fourth quarter 2010 results. The news comes just four days after US regulators further delayed approval of the company's heart drug Brilinta. AstraZeneca said it would no longer develop Motavizumab for the prevention of respiratory syncytial virus (RSV), and as a result was withdrawing its licence application to the US Food and Drug Administration. However, it added that it would continue to develop Motavizumab for other treatments of RSV.

حذرت شركة AstraZeneca من أنها ستضطر إلى شطب مبلغ 445 مليون دولار (286 مليون جنيه إسترليني) بعد إيقاف برنامج التطوير الرئيسي لأحد أحدث أدويتها.

أسترازينيكا توقف العمل على عقار موتافيزوماب

Jonathan AmosScience correspondent@BBCAmoson Twitter They stand for "Better Than Hubble"; and in the next few months, we're going to witness two remarkable BTH events. The first will come on 26 January when the Dawn spacecraft starts to return our best views yet of Ceres, the largest object in the asteroid belt between Mars and Jupiter. The second - and the one I'm most looking forward to - will occur from May onwards as the New Horizons probe bears down on Pluto, and we get its pictures back. As awesome as Hubble's capabilities are, the venerable telescope has given us only a blobby perspective on these worlds, and in the case of Pluto even the word "blob" describes way more detail than we actually have. Both, of course, carry this relatively new classification of "dwarf planet". And if 2014 was the "year of the comet" with duck-shaped Comet 67P, then 2015 is very definitely the year when we get up-close and personal with the Solar System's smallest planets. I'll return to Ceres soon, but I want this posting to highlight the very special circumstances of New Horizons at Pluto. I think this really is a major event. For those of us who grew up with the idea that there were "nine planets", it's the moment when we finally get to complete the set. We've been to all the others, even the distant Uranus and Neptune, which we encountered with Voyager 2 in the late 1980s. But at a distance of 5bn km, Pluto is a whole other challenge. Like the Rosetta satellite, which took 10 years to reach Comet 67P, New Horizons has also been travelling for more than nine years to get to Pluto - and it had to break the record for the fastest-flying satellite at launch to do so. And, again, just as with Rosetta, we expect the pictures and science data from this latest mission to blow us away. "This is a return to the kind of space exploration in the 60s and 70s when everything was completely new - the first mission to Venus, the first mission to Mars, the first mission to everywhere," New Horizons principal investigator Alan Stern told me. "People talk about re-writing the textbook. Well, this is a case where we won't re-write it; we're going to write that textbook for the first time. It's that new. "It's like we've plucked a mission out of the 60s and 70s, a bold first-time exploration, but we're doing it with 21st Century technology." Granted, the 14 July rendezvous is going to be just a flyby. New Horizons is going too fast (at 13km/s at encounter) and Pluto's gravity is too small to think about going into orbit around the 2,300km-wide body. But the probe's seven instruments will capture such a blaze of data that I don't think we'll be disappointed. And here's the interesting thing. At a distance of 5bn km and with a 15-watt transmitter, New Horizons will downlink its information at 3,000 bits per second - at best. If you can bear to recall the bad old days of dial-up internet, you'll realise this is painfully slow. It'll take an hour to send back one compressed picture; it will take a full 16 MONTHS to return every bit of information gathered during the flyby. But what that means is that New Horizons will actually feel like an orbiter mission because we'll get "updates" from the encounter right through the second half of this year and most of 2016. So, what do we know about Pluto right now? Very little is the truthful answer. It's about two-thirds rock enveloped by a lot of ice. Remarkably, even though the surface of the world is a frigid minus 230C, geophysical models suggest there could be a warm ocean hiding down below. Those surface ices feed a wispy nitrogen atmosphere, sublimating to bulk it up or frosting out to thin it down - all depending on where Pluto is in its orbit around the Sun. And it's got five moons. Four of these were only discovered after Nasa green-lit the mission. The one we did know about previously, and the biggest, is called Charon. Like Earth's Moon, it was very probably formed out of the debris that resulted when something else hit Pluto in the past. Indeed, that wreckage likely also spawned all the other moons - Styx, Nix, Kerberos, and Hydra. And who knows, we may even find in the next few months that this collisional history has given Pluto some rings. When New Horizons has gone through the system on 14 July, it will fly on, into the domain of the Solar System referred to as the Kuiper Belt. It's a region of space that should contain many thousands of icy bodies, and Hubble has found a couple of candidates that the spacecraft can quite easily reach for another flyby event in 2019. In some senses, you should think of New Horizons as a sentinel, because over the course of the next 10-15 years we're going to get some colossal telescopes that will be able to probe the Kuiper Belt properly for the first time. New Horizons is the scout. And, finally, no discussion of Pluto can omit a reference to that controversial day in 2006 when the International Astronomical Union, the keeper of space nomenclature, "demoted" the world from full planet status to mere dwarf planet. Alan Stern is still riled by that decision - "You wouldn't go to a podiatrist if you needed brain surgery, and I don't recommend you ask astronomers to do the job of planetary scientists and planet classification" - but he is actually now more interested in talking about the burgeoning science of dwarf planets. "I think historically Pluto will always be considered the ninth planet, but from a technical standpoint it's obviously one of a very large class of planets - the best known in that class, because it was the first to be discovered, and so far it's the largest and apparently the most complex in the class, with the richest satellite system, the most interesting atmosphere, etc. "But people need to understand that this is a time of change in the field as we get used to a new paradigm with large numbers of small planets." Closest approach (13,000km) to Pluto is set for about 11:50 GMT on 14 July. With pictures that have a best resolution of 70m per pixel, Pluto will be a blob no more.

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Mark D'ArcyParliamentary correspondent The thing to look out for is the sudden announcement of a new Business Statement from the Leader of the Commons, Andrea Leadsom, to rejig the parliamentary timetable, should circumstances change in some way. MPs, and indeed Mr Speaker, would doubtless be very suspicious of any postponement, but it is far from impossible that the debate could be brought forward. The first unknown is whether the prime minister will have a reversioned exit deal to lay before the House. Few expect she will, having emerged from her latest talks with a promise of more negotiations. And in the absence of that, the promise is that MPs will have a debate on a neutral motion, to which they can attach amendments. In other words, something very similar in form to the series of votes held on 29 January, which yielded the "Brady Amendment" instructing the PM to seek to reshape the Northern Ireland backstop into a form Conservative backbenchers and the DUP could accept. With uncertainty over the shape of any deal the prime minister may obtain, expect the next crop of amendments to be mostly about process - they may, for example, include a new incarnation of the proposal from Labour MP Yvette Cooper and Tory Nick Boles, to force the government to postpone Brexit Day, if they have no deal by the end of the month. This was a potent legislative weapon, prioritising a bill which would then have been binding upon the government. It failed then, but, a fortnight closer to Brexit Day and to the prospect of a no-deal exit, a different version, perhaps featuring a shorter postponement, might be a runner. There may also be some attempt to muster support for a "soft Brexit" amendment to push the government towards a customs union-based Brexit - something which many Conservative Brexiteers would be deeply opposed to. At the moment this is all speculation - but watch out for supporters of assorted Brexit schemes breaking cover over the weekend, to announce their pet amendments. Meanwhile there is a fair amount of Brexit business under way. The Lords will be spending much of the coming week hacking their way through dozens of Brexit-related orders and regulations, and there's what amounts to the first no-deal preparatory bill, in the shape of the Financial Services (Implementation of Legislation) Bill in the Commons. Monday 11 February The Commons opens (2.30 pm) with Work and Pensions questions, doubtless to be followed by the usual post-weekend crop of ministerial statements and urgent questions. MPs then turn to the Financial Services (Implementation of Legislation) Bill - a major piece of legislation transposing a huge volume of EU regulations into UK law - it includes so-called "in-flight files" which are EU regulations that are not fully solidified into law, at the time of Brexit. The day ends with a particularly interesting adjournment debate, led by the Conservative Craig Mackinlay, on reform of election law. Last month, Mr Mackinlay was acquitted of charges of overspending in his election campaign in 2017 and says that he has "extreme concerns as to the clarity of election law, and the glaring grey area between national spending rules (under the Political Parties, Elections and Referendums Act 2000) and local spending rules (under the Representation of the People Act 1983)"; adding that "candidates and agents should never have to face the threat of criminal prosecution, with life-changing consequences, in the face of abstract law". Intriguingly, he promises to offer "an elegant solution". In Westminster Hall the Petitions Committee has scheduled a debate on e-petition 229178 which states that: "School should start at 10am as teenagers are too tired". The petition, which has more than 179,000 signatures, states: "Teenagers are so tired due to having to wake up very early to get to school. The government should require secondary schools to start later, which will lead to increased productivity at school." This attracted 90,000 signatures in 19 hours last weekend, making it one of the fastest growing petitions since the e-petitions website opened in 2015. The government have not had time to issue a written response. My committee pick is the Housing, Communities and Local Government session on local authorities' children's services (4pm). This features academics and children's charities and will focus on the pressures faced by local authorities' children's services, including the increasing demand for child protection services. In the Lords (2.30 pm) questions to ministers include the Labour peer and refugee campaigner Lord Dubs asking about the number of refugee children who have arrived in the UK from Jordan, Lebanon and Turkey under the Vulnerable Children's Resettlement Scheme which he was instrumental in creating. Peers then look at Commons amendments to the Crime (Overseas Production Orders) Bill, where the key issue is on evidence in relation to the death penalty in third party countries. The rest of the day is devoted to (count them) nine Statutory Instrument approval motions: two on companies, limited liability partnerships, and on recognition of professional qualifications; and then two (to be taken together) on social security/ National Insurance payments, and on tax credits and Guardian's Allowance. These are followed by four Sis on insolvency and insurance; insurance distribution; financial conglomerates; and Financial Services Contracts. MPs kick off (at 11.30am) with Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy questions. The day's Ten Minute Rule Bill is the Child Cruelty (Sentences) Bill - the Conservative Tom Tugendhat will be calling an increase in the maximum sentence for child cruelty, prompted by the case of his constituent Tony Hudgell, now four years old. He was beaten so badly by his birth parents (Hudgell is the name of the parents who later adopted him) that he had to have both legs amputated. Mr Tugendhat wants judges to have the option of passing longer sentences than the current ten year maximum, in these very rare cases. The main event is the detailed report stage consideration of the Mental Capacity (Amendment) Bill, which picks up recommendations from the Law Commission to review the Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards scheme, the procedures under which someone may be deprived of liberty because they lack mental capacity. There are a number of detailed amendments from the government and from Labour clarifying who is responsible for decisions in various circumstances, and an amendment from Labour MPs Chris Bryant and Debbie Abrahams dealing with the effects of the bill on people being treated for brain injuries. The adjournment debate, led by the Labour MP Owen Smith, is on the licensing of medical devices - he aims to highlight what he warns is the weakness of the regulations of medical devices, as shown by successive scandals about surgical mesh, some hip replacements, pace-makers and breast implants. He says more and more devices are being implanted in people, but with none of the scrutiny that medicines are subject to. He believes they should be tracked and evaluated once on the market - but the companies don't want to bear the cost of post-marketing surveillance. In Westminster Hall (9.30am) the Labour MP Bambos Charalambous leads a debate on missing persons guardianship - he had a constituent whose brother went missing on the Galapagos Islands, whose body was never recovered. She tried to manage his affairs while not being able to produce a body. She found it virtually impossible to do so, because the mortgage lender would not discuss matters with her, and she was not able to cancel direct debits and manage her brother's affairs. Eventually, after a long passage of time, she managed to go down the presumption of death route. This issue affects many people. A charity called Missing People estimates that more than 1,000 people go missing for over a year every year, where they do not know what has happened to them and have not found a body. These are not just runaways but people who are long-term missing. Their families, as well as having the grief, cannot manage their affairs. The Guardianship (Missing Persons) Act was passed in April 2017 but has never been implemented, more than two and a half years later. Other debates include the regulation of non-surgical cosmetic procedures, led by the Conservative Alberto Costa (11am); special educational needs and disabilities funding led by the Lib Dem Leader, Sir Vince Cable (2.30pm); then comes a Brexit-related debate on the seasonal agricultural workers scheme (4pm). Labour MP Alex Norris wants to highlight the danger that post-Brexit schemes for farm workers might provide an opportunity for modern slavery, and practices like debt bondage and abuse by gangmasters. The Home Secretary Sajid Javid has signalled that he is aware of this issue, and Mr Norris is keen to quiz ministers about their plans. The final debate (4.30pm) is on support for young carers. Labour MP Paul Blomfield has been pressing ministers to fund local authorities efforts to identify and support carers, particularly so-called 'invisible' carers who are not known to local councils or local groups. My committee pick is the Welsh Affairs session on the future of the Wylfa Newydd nuclear reactor (2.45pm). Welsh Secretary Alun Cairns and Business Minister Richard Harrington will be quizzed on their next moves after the Japanese nuclear firm, Hitachi, pulled out of the £20bn project with the loss of thousands of jobs. Meanwhile the Transport Committee has its final evidence session on the health of the bus market (9.45am) with the Buses Minister Nusrat Ghani, who will face questions on what the government is doing to support the industry and reverse the drop in passenger numbers on services outside London. The committee has been out and about investigating conditions in Leicester, Bristol and Liverpool and hearing from passengers, bus companies and local authorities about issues like funding, ticketing and regulation. In the Lords (2.30pm) peers rattle through another job lot of Brexit-related statutory instruments: the Draft Aviation Safety (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019; the Draft Air Passenger Rights and Air Travel Organisers' Licensing (EU Exit) Regulations 2018; the Draft Air Services (Competition) (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 and the Draft Airports Slot Allocation (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 and the Draft Motor Vehicles (Wearing of Seatbelts) (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2018. A busy Commons day opens (11.30am) with half an hour of International Development questions, followed at noon by Prime Minister's Questions. The day's Ten Minute Rule Bill is proposed by Labour's Matt Western, who wants to limit bus drivers on local routes to driving for no more than 56 hours in any one week and 90 hours in any two consecutive weeks. And then MPs will deliver their tributes to Sir David Natzler, the Clerk of the Commons, who is retiring after serving as the top advisor to the Speaker and MPs on constitutional and procedural issues. Guide: The Brexit amendments and results The PM will then update MPs on the progress of Brexit - with a statement which will feed into Thursday's debate on a neutral motion. MPs may also press for the Business of the House motion laying out the parameters for Thursday's debate to be discussed, and possibly amended on Wednesday, well in advance of the actual debate. The main legislative action is a debate on the Securitisation Regulations 2018 - this is about the new EU regulations on pooling different types of debt like residential or commercial mortgages, car loans or credit card debt obligations and selling the resulting cash flows as securities. And after that there's a general debate on "connecting communities by supporting families and volunteers". The close of business would normally be the deadline for submitting amendments for discussion in Thursday's Brexit debate. In Westminster Hall the opening debate (9.30am) is on the health implications of sunbed use - the Conservative Pauline Latham wants to discuss the dangers from the ultraviolet rays given out by sunbeds, which increase the risk of developing skin cancer, although it can then take up to 20 years to appear. She will quote World Health Organisation advice that sunbeds are as dangerous as smoking and argue for greater safeguards on their use. Other debates include the SNP's Tommy Sheppard on human rights in the UK (2.30pm) and the Conservative Ben Bradley on nurture and alternative provision in primary schools (4.30pm). On the committee corridor, the Women and Equalities Committee have a promising-looking hearing (9.50am) on the use of non-disclosure agreements in discrimination cases, where the focus seems to be on their use by public bodies. The witnesses are top officials from the House of Commons, including Saira Salimi, the Speaker's Counsel, as well as from the Cabinet Office, the BBC, and several local councils. And the Brexit Committee (9.15am) has a star guest in the form of Bertie Ahern, the former Taioseach of the Republic of Ireland who oversaw the negotiation of the Belfast (Good Friday) Agreement. This is part of the committee's continuing inquiry monitoring the progress of the Brexit negotiations - and with the Northern Ireland backstop now such a critical issue, this will doubtless be a significant hearing. In the Lords (3pm) questions to ministers include Lib Dem by-election guru Lord Rennard asking about providing greater clarity on constituency expenditure on behalf of a candidate and national expenditure on behalf of a party - he believes the current law allows almost unlimited 'national' party spending being targeted at individual constituencies. He will be asking ministers to bring forward secondary legislation which would avoid any confusion restore 'level playing field' principles. Then it's back to Brexit, with a government "take note" motion on EU withdrawal together plus, on previous form, a Labour amendment which will then be pushed to a vote at the end - expect something which seeks to build on previous resolutions of the Lords by urging the government to avoid a no-deal Brexit. Meanwhile, the week's third batch of orders and regulations will be discussed in the Moses Room (the Lords equivalent of Westminster Hall): the Construction Products (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations; the Storage of Carbon Dioxide (Amendment and Power to Modify) (EU Exit) Regulations; the Ecodesign for Energy-Related Products and Energy Information (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations and the Kimberley Process Certification Scheme (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations. The Commons opens (9.30am) with Transport questions, followed by questions to the Leader of the House, Andrea Leadsom. The main debate is on the UK's withdrawal from the EU (see above) and it will probably culminate in a couple of hours of voting on alternative ideas about Brexit. The timing of these will depend on the Business of the House motion, but expect them in the early evening. A key moment will be the Speaker's selection of the amendments to be discussed. In Westminster Hall, there's a debate on the effect of Santander branch closures on local communities. In the Lords (11am) the usual half hour of questions to ministers is followed by a another helping of statutory instruments including the Guaranteed Minimum Pensions Increase and compensation payments for Mesothelioma and Pneumoconiosis. All three of these have already been through the Commons. Then comes the week's fourth batch of Brexit orders and regulations, including the Immigration (Leave to Enter and Remain) (Amendment) Order 2018. There's also a short debate on improving immigration procedures in the UK, led by the Lib Dem, Lord Roberts of Llandudno. Neither House sits on Friday.

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